STATE v. JENKINS

No. 38,534-KA.

874 So.2d 368 (2004)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Arthur JENKINS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela S. Moran, Louisiana Appellate Project, for Appellant.

J. Schuyler Marvin, District Attorney, C. Sherburne Sentell, III, John M. Lawrence, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Before BROWN, GASKINS and LOLLEY, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

The defendant, Arthur Jenkins, appeals as excessive his sentence to serve five years at hard labor following his plea of guilty to possession of cocaine. For the following reasons, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

FACTS

On August 10, 2001, the defendant was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation in Cullen, Louisiana. A consent search disclosed two bags containing a total of ten grams of marijuana and one...

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