The defendant pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, La.R.S. 40:967, and was sentenced as a second offender to 90 days in Orleans Parish Prison. In this writ application the State argues that the trial court erred by deviating from the mandatory minimum sentence of 30 months. We grant the application and affirm.
In State v. Dorthey,
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