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STATE v. LEMON

No. 08-KA-619.

3 So.3d 20 (2008)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin LEMON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, Terry M. Boudreaux, Anne Wallis, Appellate Counsel, Vince Paciera, Trial Counsel, Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Bruce G. Whittaker, Attorney at Law, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, and GREG G. GUIDRY.

GREG G. GUIDRY, Judge.

Defendant, Melvin Lemon, appeals from his guilty plea conviction to possession of cocaine and his sentence as a fourth offender to 35 years at hard labor to be served without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. For the reasons which follow, we affirm and remand.

On March 21, 2007, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging the Defendant with possession of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40...

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