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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