STATE v. FRANKLIN

No. 43,173-KA.

996 So.2d 387 (2008)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. James Earl FRANKLIN, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project, by Annette Roach, for Appellant.

James Earl Franklin, In Proper Person.

Robert W. Levy, District Attorney, Stephen K. Hearn, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before PEATROSS, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.


MOORE, J.

James Earl Franklin was charged by bill of information with two counts of distribution of cocaine, La. R.S. 40:967, and one count of distribution of marijuana, La. R.S. 40:966. A 12-member jury unanimously found him guilty as charged on all three counts. The court imposed three concurrent sentences of 20 years at hard labor and fines of $25,000, with six months' default time, for the three convictions; the cocaine offenses each included two years without...

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