STATE v. SAM

No. 05-KA-88.

905 So.2d 379 (2005)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph K. SAM.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux, Anne Wallis—Appellate Counsel, Vincent Paciera, Jr., Paige J. Cline—Trial Counsel, Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, Louisiana, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Frank Sloan, Mandeville, Louisiana, for Appellant, Joseph K. Sam.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

Defendant, Joseph K. Sam, appeals his conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. For the following reasons, we affirm defendant's conviction, amend his enhanced sentence, affirm that sentence as amended, and remand for correction of an error patent on the face of the record.

On March 26, 2002, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging defendant, Joseph K. Sam, with distribution of...

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