State v. Washington

HIGHTOWER, Judge.

A jury found Elvis Washington guilty as charged of possession of cocaine, LSA-R.S. 40:967 C. After considering a presentence investigation report, the trial court imposed a sentence of five years at hard labor and suspended four years of the term. Reserving seven assignments of error, defendant appeals his conviction. We affirm.

FACTS

For a period of time after 2:00 a.m. on July 10, 1989, Deputy Gary Valentine of the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Department assisted firefighters by diverting traffic away from the scene of a raging fire. In the course of performing these duties, he…