STATE v. RICE

No. 2001-KA-0215.

807 So.2d 350 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana v. Calvin D. RICE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen G. Arena, Louisiana Appellate Project, River Ridge, LA, Counsel for Calvin Rice.

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, William L. Jones, III, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for State of Louisiana.

Court composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY and Judge TERRI F. LOVE.


JONES, Judge.

Calvin D. Rice appeals his sentence of life imprisonment as a third felony offender for the possession of cocaine. By his lone assignment of error, he argues that his sentence is excessive. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm.

Rice was charged by bill of information with possession of crack cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967(C). A six-person jury found him guilty as charged, and the state charged him as a third-felony habitual offender...

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