State v. Hopkins

liKNOLL, Judge.

The appeal in this criminal case involves defendant’s adjudication as a habitual offender. After conducting a contradictory hearing, the trial court held that defendant, Craig 0. Hopkins, was a second felony offender and was sentenced according to La.R.S. 15:529.1(G). Defendant appeals, relying on two assignments of error.1

FACTS

Defendant, after waiving his right to a jury trial, was convicted on November 17, 1993, by the trial judge of distribution of cocaine. On January 28, 1994, the ^sentencing court ordered defendant to serve 210 months at hard labor. On July 11, 1994, after…