State v. Magee

McDonald, j.

|2The defendant, Ricky 0. Magee, was charged by bill of information with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967(A)(1). He pled not guilty and, following a jury trial, was found guilty as charged. He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment at hard labor. Subsequently the State filed a habitual offender bill of information. The defendant admitted to his predicate conviction and was adjudicated a second-felony habitual offender.1 The fifteen-year sentence was vacated and the defendant was resentenced to twenty-two and one-half years…