STATE v. HENDERSON

No. 31236-KA.

721 So.2d 85 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Melvin HENDERSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Roland Charles, Monroe, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, Charles Brumfield, John G. Spires, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Before HIGHTOWER, GASKINS and PEATROSS, JJ.


GASKINS, Judge.

The defendant, Melvin Henderson, was convicted by a jury of one count of distribution of cocaine. He was sentenced to serve twenty years at hard labor, without benefit of parole. He now appeals, claiming the trial court erred in failing to require the prosecution to reveal the identity of a confidential informant. The defendant also claims that his sentence is excessive. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant's conviction and sentence....

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