State v. Mickey

PITCHER, Judge.

Defendant, Joseph Andrea Mickey, was charged by bill of information with distribution of cocaine, in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967A(1). Defendant pled not guilty. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty as charged and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of fifteen years at hard labor, with credit for time served. Defendant appeals from this conviction and sentence.

FACTS

Defendant allegedly sold crack cocaine to Sergeant Jerry Butler in Terrebonne Parish on May 7, 1991. Sergeant Butler was an undercover narcotics agent for the St. Maty Parish Sheriffs Office but was…