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Title: State v. Sylve
Author : State of Louisiana Court of Appeal First Circuit
Release Date : January 15, 2006
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 51 KB

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In the process of arresting the defendant, James C. Sylve, Jr., on outstanding warrants, the arresting officer conducted a protective search and discovered a clear glass tube that contained wire mesh and burned, white residue, in the defendants pants pocket. Testing by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriffs Office Crime Laboratory confirmed that the residue in the tube was cocaine. The defendant was charged by bill of information with possession of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance (cocaine), a violation of La. R.S. 40:967C. A jury found the defendant guilty as charged and the trial court sentenced the defendant to five years imprisonment at hard labor. After admitting the allegations of the habitual offender bill of information filed by the State, the defendant was adjudicated a third felony habitual offender. The trial court vacated the previous sentence and re-sentenced the defendant to nine years imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of probation or suspension of sentence.