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STATE v. HUTCHINSON

No. 92-KA-513.

609 So.2d 855 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Wayne HUTCHINSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 12, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Howat Peters, Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Attys., 24th Judicial Dist., Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bruce G. Whittaker, Staff Appellate Counsel, 24th Judicial Dist., Indigent Defender Bd., Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

Before BOWES, GAUDIN and DUFRESNE, JJ.

GAUDIN, Judge.

This is an appeal by Wayne Hutchinson contending that the trial judge, in passing sentence, had an erroneous view of available alternates, i.e., he (the judge) was unaware of the fact that the imposed prison term could be suspended. Hutchinson was sentenced to five years at hard labor for distribution of cocaine in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967A. We affirm the sentence.

Initially, we note that Hutchinson did not comply with LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 881...

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