STATE v. NEWELL

No. KA-4933.

497 So.2d 4 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jarvis NEWELL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Pamela S. Moran, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

M. Craig Colwart, O.I.D.P. Attorney, New Orleans, for appellant.

Before GULOTTA, KLEES and BYRNES, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

James Newell appeals his maximum ten year sentence for possession of phencyclidine. In his sole assignment of error, defendant contends the sentence imposed is illegal and excessive. We affirm the conviction, but vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.

In our search for errors patent, we find that defendant was charged by a Bill of Information with illegal possession of a controlled dangerous substance, phencyclidine, a Schedule I...

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