STATE v. SMITH

No. 84 KA 0042.

457 So.2d 846 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Marshall SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty. by Joseph Lotwick, Luke Lavergne, Asst. Dist. Attys., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ann L. Jordan, Appellate Counsel, Asst. Public Defender, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before EDWARDS, SHORTESS and SAVOIE, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

Marshall Smith, defendant, appeals his four-year sentence for possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Given the wide discretion allowed the trial court, we find no manifest abuse of discretion by the imposition of this sentence nor is it a purposeless imposition of pain and suffering. Accordingly, we affirm.

Defendant was arrested for aggravated assault. As a result thereof, the arresting officer searched defendant and found two orange...

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