STATE v. YATES

No. 36,388-KA.

828 So.2d 708 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Tommy YATES, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Indigent Defender Board by Jack "Buddy" Slaid, Louisiana Appellate Project by Carey J. Ellis, III, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, James Bullers, District Attorney, L. Charles Minifield, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before GASKINS, KOSTELKA and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

The state charged defendant Yates with one count of distribution of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967 punishable [at the time of the offense] by imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than thirty years, the first five years of which must be served without benefits, plus a possible fine. The state agreed to reduce the charge to attempted distribution of cocaine. Defendant pleaded guilty to the amended charge. The district court imposed a...

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