Legal Opinion
State v. Cavalier
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 19, 2015No. 2014-KA-0579PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.
| defendant, Cornell B. Cavalier, appeals his conviction of attempted possession of cocaine and subsequent adjudication as a third felony offender, for which he received a ten-year sentence. For reasons that follow, we affirm Defendant’s conviction, vacate his sentence, and remand to the trial court for resentencing.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On August 23, 2011, the State of Louisiana charged Defendant with possession of cocaine, in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(C)(2), and charged Derrick Slade with possession of drug paraphernalia. On September 7, 2011, the State entered…
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