STATE v. McCOY

No. 2003-K-1948.

869 So.2d 918 (2004)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ernest McCOY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., District Attorney, Michael L. Capdeboscq, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for the State.

Mark E. Young, Plauche', Maselli, Landry & Parkerson L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for the Defendant.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge LEON A. CANNIZZARO JR., and MOON LANDRIEU, Judge Pro Tempore).


MOON LANDRIEU, Judge Pro Tempore.

In its writ application, the State requests a review of the trial court's ruling that vacated the defendant's life sentence and imposed a thirty-year sentence. We reverse.

Procedural History

On April 11, 1985, Ernest McCoy was indicted for possession with the intent to distribute heroin. On April 22, 1986, a jury found him guilty as charged. The trial court subsequently sentenced him to life imprisonment....

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