State v. Barnes

GARRISON, Judge.

The defendant, Howard Barnes, was charged by bill of information with distribution of cocaine, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967. After waiving his right to a jury trial and later being found guilty as charged by the trial judge, the defendant was originally sentenced to five years at hard labor. This sentence was later vacated when defendant was found to be a multiple offender at which time he was resen-tenced to ten years at hard labor. Defendant appeals.

On March 30, 1985, Tyronne Tedesco, a New Orleans police officer, was driving an unmarked car near the intersection of Erato…