STATE v. JONES

No. 23477-KA.

591 So.2d 1311 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Artis Lee JONES, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Jones, Indigent Defender Bd., Ruston, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert W. Levy, Dist. Atty., Stephen K. Hearn, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Ruston, for appellee.

Before NORRIS, VICTORY and BROWN, JJ.


BROWN, Judge.

Defendant, Artis Lee Jones, pled guilty as charged to possession of cocaine and was sentenced to the maximum term of five years imprisonment at hard labor. On appeal he argues that as a first felony offender the sentence was excessive. Finding the sentence not to be excessive, we affirm.

FACTS

On June 19, 1989 a Lincoln Parish Sheriff's detective entered the parking lot of Ella Jane's cafe, an area known for drug trafficking, and saw...

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