Legal Opinion
State v. Jordan
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 23, 2014No. 2013-KA-0807Published
1Opinion of the Court
MADELEINE M. LANDRIEU, Judge.
_JjThe defendant, Vincent Jordan, appeals his conviction of possession of cocaine and his sentence of four years imprisonment at hard labor. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
STATEMENT OF CASE
On February 14, 2012, the State filed a bill of information charging Mr. Jordan with one count of possession of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967(0(2). He pled not guilty. The trial court denied his motions to suppress and found probable cause to substantiate the charge.1 At the conclusion of trial on June 25, 2012, the jury found Mr. Jordan guilty as charged.
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