State v. Edwards

GUIDRY, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Leon Edwards, was convicted by a twelve person jury of possession of amphetamine, a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance, in violation of La.R.S. 40:967(C). On October 23,1987, he was sentenced to serve five years at hard labor and pay a fine of $5,000.00, the maximum sentence for the offense. Defendant appeals urging seven assignments of error which cumulatively raise only the following two issues:

1. In sentencing the defendant, the trial judge failed to consider the mitigating sentencing guidelines set forth in La.C. Cr.P. art. 894.1.

*3052. The sentence…