The defendant, Sherry Serpas, was charged with violating La. R.S. 40:966(A), possession of heroin, on 31 May 2001, which provided for a sentence of "imprisonment at hard labor for not less than four years nor more than ten years without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence." La. R.S. 40:966(C)(1). After commission of the crime, but before the sentencing, the Legislature amended this statute...
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