STATE v. SHARKEY

No. 23838-KA.

602 So.2d 249 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Calvin SHARKEY, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Charles & Gilmore by E. Roland Charles, Monroe, for appellant.

Jerry Jones, Dist. Atty., Monroe, Charles Brumfield, Douglas Lawrence, Asst. Dist. Attys., Bastrop, for appellee.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS and BROWN, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

Defendant appeals as excessive two concurrent 20-year hard labor sentences* imposed following his guilty plea to two counts of distribution of cocaine in exchange for the dismissal of a third count. We reverse and remand for resentencing in accordance with the law.

The record reveals that on February 24, 1991, an undercover agent went to a Morehouse Parish nightclub called the Big Apple. Sharkey approached the agent...

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