Legal Opinion

State v. Broome

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 9, 2014No. 49,004-KAPublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARRETT, J. •

|TThe defendant, Wanda Gail Broome, was convicted of one count of possession of a Schedule III controlled dangerous substance (“CDS”), hydrocodone, and one count of distribution of a Schedule III CDS, hydrocodone. She was adjudicated a fourth felony offender and was given the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The defendant appeals her convictions and her adjudication as a multiple offender. We affirm.

FACTS

The Shreveport Police Department received information that Broome was involved in drug activity. A female…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
  3. State v. PigfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
  4. State v. SuttonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  5. State v. CaseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000

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3Cited by40 opinions

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