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STATE v. MAYWEATHER

No. 21153-KA.

556 So.2d 200 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. James Ray MAYWEATHER, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Thomas, Mansfield, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Don Burkett, Dist. Atty., Robert E. Burgess, Asst. Dist. Atty., Mansfield, for appellee.

Before HALL, MARVIN and HIGHTOWER, JJ.

MARVIN, Judge.

After pleading guilty to possession of marijuana, second offense and being sentenced to the maximum sentence of five years at hard labor (LRS 40:966 D(2)), James Ray Mayweather appeals, contending that his sentence is factually unsupported and unconstitutionally excessive.1

We affirm.

Five marijuana cigarettes were discovered in Mayweather's sock when he was stopped and searched by DeSoto Parish sheriff's...

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