State v. Roberson

On November 15, 2007, a jury convicted the defendant of possession of 400 grams or more of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967(F)(l)(c). The defendant timely filed a motion for new trial on November 29, 2007. The state filed a habitual offender bill of information charging the defendant as a second felony offender. After reaching a plea agreement on the habitual offender bill, the defendant pled guilty and was sentenced on April 28, 2008 to 15 years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence in addition to a fine of $250,000.

The record does not show that…