STATE v. PURVIS

No. 51,215-KA.

217 So.3d 620 (2017)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Deterrance T. PURVIS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered April 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT, By: Carey J. Ellis, III , Counsel for Appellant

JAMES E. STEWART, SR. , District Attorney, JANET L. SILVIE , ERICA N. JEFFERSON , Assistant District Attorneys, Counsel for Appellee

Before GARRETT, STONE, and COX, JJ.


The defendant, Deterrance T. Purvis, was convicted by a jury of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of La. R.S. 40:966(A)(1), and sentenced to 15 years at hard labor. Purvis was also convicted of resisting an officer, in violation of La. R.S. 14:108, and sentenced to six months in parish jail. For the following...

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