TATE, Justice.
The single issue raised by this appeal is the validity of an enhanced sentence imposed upon the defendant Bell as a second offender, as authorized by La.R.S. 15:529.1, our multiple (habitual) offender law.
The defendant was convicted in September, 1974, of possession of barbiturates. La.R.S. 40:968C. On October 1, 1974, he was sentenced to five years at hard labor and sent to the state penitentiary.
When he took the stand in this September...
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