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STATE v. JONES

No. 97-KA-1057.

709 So.2d 308 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Mark A. JONES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Aberle, Mandeville, for Defendant/Appellant.

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Thomas J. Butler, Assistant District Attorney, Gretna, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Before GRISBAUM, DUFRESNE and DALEY, JJ.

DALEY, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of distribution of cocaine in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967 A. He was sentenced as a multiple offender to sixty years at hard labor. He appeals this sentence as being excessive.

FACTS

After pleading not guilty to the charge of distribution of cocaine, the defendant was tried by a jury, which returned a guilty verdict. The defendant was sentenced to thirty years at...

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