State v. Washington

11 KIRBY, Judge.

The defendant, Mertis Washington, was charged by bill of information with possession of crack cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967. He was arraigned on September 11, 1998, and pled not guilty. He filed a motion to suppress evidence, which was denied October 23, 1998. On August 11, 1999, a six member jury found defendant guilty as charged. The State filed a multiple bill accusing him of being a third offender. The defendant pled guilty to the multiple bill and was sentenced to forty months at hard labor. The defendant now appeals.

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