MARVIN, Judge.
After being charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and bargaining to plead guilty to attempting to commit that crime, Reginald Mitchell appeals, as excessive, his sentence to five years at hard labor. LRS 14:27, 40:967.
The record does not affirmatively show that Mitchell was advised of the range of penalties for the offense to which he pleaded. This constitutes error patent because we cannot determine from the record that...
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