STATE v. PRESTON

No. 92-KA-2177.

623 So.2d 938 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana v. Maurice J. PRESTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 31, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., David L. Arena, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before KLEES, ARMSTRONG and WALTZER, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

The defendant, Maurice V. Preston, was charged by bill of information with possession of crack, a violation of R.S. 40:967. After a trial by a six-person jury the defendant was found guilty as charged. He was sentenced to serve five (5) years at hard labor in the Department of Corrections. The defendant filed a motion to reconsider sentence which was denied by the trial court. The State subsequently filed a multiple bill of information. Defendant...

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