TRAYLOR, J.
The state directly appeals a ruling of the trial court granting the defendant's motion to quash the bill of information charging the defendant with being a second felony drug offender and declaring unconstitutional La. R.S. 40:982. Because we find that the statute provides for the sentence enhancement of recidivist drug offenders and not for a separate substantive element which must be placed in the indictment of the present offense, we affirm the granting...
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