Legal Opinion
State v. Coleman
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 7, 2012No. 12-373PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.
11 After pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana, Defendant Ricky Coleman was sentenced to six years in prison. The trial court ordered the sentence to run consecutively to a five-year sentence Defendant received for pleading guilty to another drug-related charge. Defendant appeals and argues that the sentence is excessive and that the sentences should be concurrent, rather than consecutive. For the following reasons, we affirm.
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ISSUES
We must decide whether:(1) the trial court erred by imposing an excessive sentence on Defendant;(2) the trial…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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