STATE v. TOMLINSON

No. 04-KA-992.

895 So.2d 45 (2005)

STATE of Louisiana v. Derrick TOMLINSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Parish of Jefferson, Terry M. Boudreaux, Assistant District Attorney, Gretna, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Margaret S. Sollars, Louisiana Appellate Project, Thibodaux, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, MARION F. EDWARDS, and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


SOL GOTHARD, Judge.

Defendant, Derrick Tomlinson, appeals his conviction and sentence on a charge of distribution of cocaine in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(A). For reasons that follow, we affirm both the conviction and the sentence.

The record shows that defendant was arraigned on July 14, 2003 and pled not guilty. He was tried on April 12 and 13, 2004 before a twelve-person jury which unanimously found defendant guilty as charged. In due course, the trial...

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