State v. White

CLARENCE E. McMANUS, Judge.

^Defendant, Lyncarl White, was convicted of distribution of heroin, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966 A, and sentenced to 20 years at hard labor. After the denial of his motion to reconsider sentence, the trial court granted his timely motion for appeal.

In 2008, the St. Charles Parish Sheriffs Office conducted “Operation Sleigh Ride,” a year-long undercover investigation triggered by citizen complaints of illegal narcotics activity around the Cart-N-Carry convenience store on West B Street at the corner of River Road in Norco. The investigation was directed by…