State v. Crooks

YELVERTON, Judge.

Dave W. Crooks was charged by bill of information with two counts of distribution *564of marijuana. A jury acquitted him on count one, agreeing with his defense of entrapment. On the other count, the jury found him guilty of the responsive verdict of attempted distribution of marijuana, violations of La.R.S. 14:27 and La.R.S. 40:966(A)(1). The trial judge sentenced him to three years at hard labor, but the judge recommended defendant as a candidate for the intensive incarceration program. Defendant now appeals this sentence on the sole basis that it was excessive.

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