STATE v. JONES

No. 31,569-KA.

724 So.2d 810 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. William JONES, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peggy Sullivan, Louisiana Appellate Project, Monroe, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, William R. Coenen, District Attorney, Penny Wise-Douciere, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before HIGHTOWER, GASKINS and CARAWAY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant, William Jones, pled guilty to attempted distribution of marijuana and was sentenced to five years at hard labor. The defendant appeals, claiming that the trial court imposed an excessive sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

In February 1997, Richland Parish law enforcement officials obtained a warrant authorizing a search of the New Jack City Bar, an establishment owned and operated by the defendant, for controlled dangerous substances...

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