State v. Countee

KNOLL, Judge.

Defendant, Ricky Xavier Countee, pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine, the charged offense, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967. After reviewing a presentence investigation report, the trial court sentenced defendant to serve seven years at hard labor with the recommendation that defendant be admitted to the Intensive Incarceration program and fined him $5,000. Defendant appeals his sentence, relying on four assignments of error. We affirm.

Defendant was arrested on December 14, 1990, for selling one-eighth ounce of cocaine to undercover agents for $200; the drug sale was made…