State v. Harris

AMY, Judge.

hFollowing a bench trial, the defendant was convicted as charged of distribution of marijuana. The trial court imposed a fifteen-year sentence to be served at hard labor. Thereafter, and pursuant to a bill of information filed by the State, the trial court adjudicated the defendant a fourth felony offender, vacated the fifteen-year sentence, and imposed the mandatory life sentence set forth in La.R.S. 15:529.1. Pursuant to the statute, the trial court imposed the sentence without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The defendant appeals. For the following…