STATE v. COOKS

No. 36,613-KA.

833 So.2d 1034 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Richard COOKS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey J. Ellis, III, Rayville, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, William Robert Coenen, Jr., District Attorney, Penny Wise Douciere, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before STEWART, KOSTELKA and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

Richard Cooks appeals his conviction at jury trial and his seven-year hard labor sentence for the crime of distribution of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance, cocaine, in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(A)(1). Noting error patent in the illegally-lenient sentence, we affirm.

FACTS

The basic facts are not in dispute, with the exception of the most important one: whether or not Mr. Cooks is the person who distributed cocaine to an undercover...

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