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STATE v. JONES

No. 2010-KA-0018.

51 So.3d 827 (2010)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lester JONES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney, Nisha Sandhu , Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for State of Louisiana.

Mary Constance Hanes , Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Lester Jones.

(Court composed of Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge PAUL A. BONIN).

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

A twelve-person jury unanimously found Lester Jones guilty of the offense of distribution of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967 A(1). He was sentenced as an habitual offender to fifteen years at hard labor. Mr. Jones argues1 on appeal that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction and that the trial court erred in refusing to declare a mistrial on account of improper closing argument by the prosecutor...

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