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STATE v. YOUNG

No. 2003-KA-1690.

863 So.2d 658 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana v. James J. YOUNG, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., District Attorney, David M. Abdullah, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

William R. Campbell, Jr., Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY and Judge Pro Tempore MOON LANDRIEU).

MOON LANDRIEU, Judge Pro Tempore.

This appeal concerns only a sentencing issue. Finding merit in the defendant's position, we vacate the sentence and remand the case.

James J. Young, Jr., was charged with possession of cocaine in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(C), and after a jury trial, he was convicted of attempted possession. He was sentenced to thirty months at hard labor with a recommendation that he be placed in the About Face Program. His motion for an...

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