State v. Johnson

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

Defendants, Nolan Johnson and Joseph Powell, were each charged with two counts of distribution of cocaine, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967. Defendants were jointly tried and a jury found each of them guilty as charged. Johnson was sentenced to ten years at hard labor on each count, with credit for time served and sentences to run concurrently; Powell was sentenced to ten years at hard labor on each count, sentences to run concurrently. A multiple bill of information was filed as to each defendant. Johnson was adjudged a second felony offender. His original sentence was…