State v. Handy

686 So.2d 36 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Freddie HANDY

No. 96-KK-2505.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 6, 1997.

Defendant was charged by bill on information with possession of cocaine, a violation of La.R.S. 40:967. He entered a plea of guilty, apparently on the understanding that the court would consider a sentence of ten years in the matter instead of the maximum sentence on that charge and his subsequent adjudication as a fourth felony offender. The trial judge sentenced defendant to ten years in the Department of Corrections, rather than the twenty year sentence mandated for a fourth…