State v. Holmes

DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Joyce Holmes, was charged with five counts of distribution of cocaine, violations of La.R.S. 40:967(A)(1). One count was dismissed by the State and another count was severed. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty as charged on the remaining three counts. Defendant was sentenced to serve ten years at hard labor on each count, the sentences to be served concurrently.

FACTS

The record reflects that on September 21, 1989, Travis Prudhomme, an undercover agent with the Vernon Parish Task Force, arrived at the Africana Club in Lees-ville to attempt to…