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STATE v. WINSTON

No. 21534-KA.

567 So.2d 1131 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Ronald D. WINSTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Granted July 24, 1990.

On Rehearing September 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Smith, Minden, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Henry Brown, Dist. Atty. Bossier City, Charles A. Minifield, Asst. Dist. Atty., Minden, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and NORRIS and HIGHTOWER, JJ.

NORRIS, Judge.

The defendant, Ronald D. Winston, was charged by bill of information with distribution of cocaine, LSA-R.S. 40:967A(1). He pled guilty as charged. The district court, after reviewing a presentence investigation report ("PSI"), sentenced him to nine years at hard labor. Winston now appeals, urging the sentence is unreasonable and excessive for a first felony offender like himself. For the reasons expressed, we affirm the conviction but set aside the...

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