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STATE v. LATHAN

No. 34,644-KA.

792 So.2d 771 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Frederick H. LATHAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl Blue, Monroe, Trial Counsel for Appellant.

Louisiana Appellate Project, by Peggy J. Sullivan, Monroe, Appeal Counsel for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, D. Brian Harkins, Assistant District Attorney, Counsel for Appellee.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and DREW, JJ.

DREW, J.

Frederick H. Lathan was convicted September 15, 1999, of two counts of distribution of C.D.S. Schedule II (La. R.S. 40:967) and on November 16, 1999, was sentenced to nine years hard labor on each count, with each sentence to run consecutively. On appeal the defendant complains that insufficient evidence supports the conviction and that the sentences are excessive. We affirm the conviction and sentence.

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