State v. Bates

1 .EDWARDS, Judge.

Defendant/Appellant Darrell A. Bates appeals the ruling of the trial court adjudicating him as a second felony offender under LSA-R.S. 15:529.1. For the following reasons, we affirm the ruling of the trial court and remand for re-sentencing.

On January 29, 1998, the defendant was charged by bill of information with three counts of distribution of cocaine in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967A. He originally pled not guilty at his arraignment held on February 17, 1998. On April 30, 1998, the defendant withdrew his former plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty as charged…