State v. Akharoh

Knoll, judge.

Defendant, Frank Akharoh, was charged by bill of information with distribution of cocaine, in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967 A(l) and possession of cocaine, in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967 C and F. Defendant pleaded guilty to the distribution charge and the State nolle prossed the possession charge. Defendant, after being properly Boykinized, was sentenced to serve five years with the Department of Corrections. In addition, defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $15,000, in default thereof, to serve an additional one year in the parish jail. Akharoh appeals this sentence based upon…