STATE v. BENTLEY

No. 97-KA-1552.

728 So.2d 405 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Edward B. BENTLEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Theresa A. Tamburo, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant.

Court composed of Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN and Judge CHARLES R. JONES and Judge MIRIAM G. WALTZER.


JONES, Judge.

Edward Bentley appeals his conviction and sentence for possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute. On January 18, 1996, the jury convicted Bentley, and he was sentenced as a multiple offender to serve twenty years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Having reviewed the record, we affirm Bentley's conviction, vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing.

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