State v. Robinson

BOWES, Judge.

The defendant, Richard Robinson, was charged by bill of information with possession of cocaine in violation of La.R.S. 40:967(C). The defendant entered a plea of not guilty. Following a denial of a motion to suppress evidence, the defendant proceeded to trial. Following the trial, the jury returned with a verdict of guilty as charged. After denying the defendant’s motion for post-verdict judgment of acquittal and motion for new trial, the trial court sentenced the defendant to four years at hard labor with credit for time served.

Subsequently, the state filed a multiple offender…