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STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. CR96-656.

687 So.2d 575 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin WASHINGTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Richard Bryant, Jr., V. Ed McGuire, III, Lake Charles, for State.

John Lavern, Lake Charles, for Melvin Washington.

Before THIBODEAUX, PETERS and GREMILLION, JJ.

PETERS, Judge.

The defendant, Melvin Washington, was charged by bill of indictment with possession of large quantities of cocaine, a Schedule II drug as defined by La.R.S. 40:964(A)(4), in violation of La.R.S. 40:967(C) & (F)(1)(c). He was tried by a jury and found guilty of possession of cocaine in excess of four hundred grams. The state then filed a bill of information, charging the defendant as a third felony habitual offender. After a habitual offender hearing...

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