GAUDIN, Judge.
Deborah Mahoney was convicted of possession of cocaine, LSA-R.S. 40:967(C), and sentenced as a multiple offender to four years at hard labor. We affirm the conviction but remand for resentencing.
Mahoney was convicted solely on the testimony of Deputy Johnny Dykes, who said he entered Club James on April 9, 1994 and saw Mahoney drop a plastic bag from her right hand. A field test and a subsequent laboratory test showed that the plastic bag contained...
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