STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 96-KA-1943.

693 So.2d 233 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. Wardell JOHNSON a/k/a Chris Townsend.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Connick, District Attorney, Richard R. Pickens, II, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, for State/Appellee.

Sherry Watters, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant.

Before LOBRANO, PLOTKIN and WALTZER, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

On August 9, 1995, defendant Wardell Johnson was charged by bill of information with distribution of marijuana in violation of La.R.S. 40:966(A)(2). On August 11, 995, he pleaded not guilty. After trial before a twelve-member jury on January 24, 1996, he was convicted of attempted distribution of marijuana. After a multiple bill hearing on May 28, 1995, he was sentenced as a fourth felony offender to serve twenty years at hard labor. Johnson appeals...

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