State v. Fields

laLOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

The defendant, Jocelyn1 Fields, originally was charged by bill of information with distribution of cocaine. La. R.S. 40:967 A. He pleaded not guilty and elected trial by jury. Subsequently, the charge was amended to distribution of marijuana. La. R.S. 40:966 A.2 After a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty as charged. Thereafter, the State filed a habitual offender bill of information; and, after a hearing, the defendant was adjudicated a second felony habitual offender. He received a sentence of fifteen years at hard labor, with credit for time served. The…