Granted. Defendant's sentences are vacated and this case is remanded to the trial court for resentencing. Consecutive sentences totalling 30 years at hard labor imposed on a first felony offender with family dependents for distribution of relatively small amounts of cocaine to the same undercover agent approximately one month apart are excessive. State v. Gordon,
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