State v. Myrick

I, MARVIN, Chief Judge.

We do not find constitutionally excessive a mid-range sentence of 15 years at hard labor for possessing with intent to distribute more than three pounds of marijuana in this appeal by Richard Myriek, a 35-year-old Alabaman who bargained to plead guilty in return for the dismissal of the same charge against his female traveling companion, driver of the vehicle in which the contraband was found. La. R.S. 40:966. This conviction is Myriek’s fifth conviction of drug-related charges and his fourth felony conviction.

Having bought the marijuana in Fort Worth, Myriek was a…