GASKINS, Judge.
The defendant, Billy Joe Cosby, pled guilty to possession of cocaine in exchange for the state's agreement to dismiss an unrelated charge of middle-grade theft. The trial court sentenced him to a term of five years at hard labor and denied a timely motion for reconsideration. The defendant appeals his sentence as excessive. We affirm.
The test imposed by the reviewing court in determining the excessiveness of a sentence is two-pronged. First...
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