STATE v. RAIFORD

No. 91-KA-0997.

600 So.2d 924 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Sidney RAIFORD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Martin Melton, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee State of La.

M. Craig Colwart, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Sidney Raiford.

Before BARRY, KLEES and PLOTKIN, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

On February 13, 1991 the defendant Sidney Raiford was charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, a violation of R.S. 40:967. The trial court denied the defendant's motion to suppress evidence and on April 10, 1991, a twelve-person jury found the defendant guilty as charged. On April 24, 1991 the trial court sentenced defendant to fifteen years at hard labor. The defendant was subsequently found not guilty as an habitual offender...

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