STATE v. SEWELL

No. 15752-KA.

448 So.2d 755 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Ricky Lee SEWELL, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Hansen and Michael S. Ingram, Monroe, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Johnny Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Joseph T. Mickel and Michael J. Fontenot, Asst. Dist. Attys., Monroe, for appellee.

Before JASPER E. JONES and NORRIS, JJ., and McCLENDON, J. Pro Tem.


JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

The defendant, Ricky Lee Sewell, was convicted of obtaining possession of a controlled dangerous substance by fraud in violation of La.R.S. 40:971 B(1)(b). He was sentenced to five years at hard labor and fined $5,000.00. The sentence and fine were the maximum that defendant could have received. La.R.S. 40:971 B(2). He appeals his sentence relying on three assignments of error.

The evidence reveals defendant used a forged prescription...

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