State v. Louis

JiCIACCIO, Judge.

On the application of the State of Louisiana, we grant certiorari to review the correctness of the trial court’s sentencing of the defendant to ten years as a second felony offender rather than the statutorily mandated minimum sentence of fifteen years.

Donnell Louis was charged by bill of information on August 7, 1996, with two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, violations of La. R.S. 40:967(B)(1), and pleaded guilty as charged on both counts. The State filed a multiple offender bill against Lewis, charging him under La. R.S. 15:529.1. Lewis pleaded…