State v. Brown

h ARMSTRONG, Judge.

The defendant, Kevin Brown, was charged by bill of information with possession of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967. The defendant pled not guilty. A six-member jury subsequently found him guilty as charged. The trial court sentenced the defendant to serve thirty months at hard labor. FACTS:

On April 5, 1995, at approximately 7:25 p.m., Officers Kevin Stamp, Norbert Carroll, Shelita Butler, Tommy Mercadel, and Wellington Beaulieu were working a plain clothes foot patrol in the Desire Housing Project. The officers had received numerous complaints that narcotics were…