State v. Henderson

hGASKINS, Judge.

The defendant, Melvin Henderson, was convicted by a jury of one count of distribution of cocaine. He was sentenced to serve twenty years at hard labor, without benefit of parole. He now appeals, claiming the trial court erred in failing to require the prosecution to reveal the identity of a confidential informant. The defendant also claims that his sentence is excessive. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.

FACTS

On September 16, 1993, Officer Mike Kel-lum, of the Shreveport Police Department, was working undercover with the Morehouse…