State v. Daniels

THIBODEAUX, Judge.

On July 12, 1991, the defendant, Dennis Lee Daniels, Sr., was charged by bill of indictment with three counts of distribution of cocaine, a controlled dangerous substance, schedule II, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 40:967 A(l). On June 20, 1992, the jury found defendant guilty on all three counts charged. A multiple offender bill was filed on July 22, 1992, charging the defendant as a second offender pursuant to LSA-R.S. 15:529.1. On July 27, 1992, defendant was adjudged to be a habitual offender, second offense and sentenced to seventeen and one-half years at hard labor.1

The…