STATE v. EDWARDS

No. CR88-163.

532 So.2d 304 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leon EDWARDS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Howard, S.C. Pedersen, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Michael Henry, Dist. Atty., Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, FORET and STOKER, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Leon Edwards, was convicted by a twelve person jury of possession of amphetamine, a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance, in violation of La.R.S. 40:967(C). On October 23, 1987, he was sentenced to serve five years at hard labor and pay a fine of $5,000.00, the maximum sentence for the offense. Defendant appeals urging seven assignments of error which cumulatively raise only the following two issues:

1. In sentencing...

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