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ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE:

LEANNA WEISSMANN STEVE CARTER
Lawrenceburg, Indiana Attorney General of Indiana
  
JOBY D. JERRELLS
Deputy Attorney General
Indianapolis, Indiana


  

IN THE
COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA



LAMAR OWENS, )
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Appellant-Defendant, )
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vs. ) No. 15A01-0806-CR-264
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STATE OF INDIANA, )
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Appellee-Plaintiff. )
  

APPEAL FROM THE DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT
The Honorable James Humphrey, Judge
Cause Nos. 15C01-0205-FB-11 and 15C01-0605-FA-5    




November 21, 2008


MEMORANDUM DECISION - NOT FOR PUBLICATION


CRONE, Judge
Pursuant to Ind. Appellate Rule 65(D),  this Memorandum Decision shall not be regarded as precedent or cited before any court except for the purpose of establishing the defense of res judicata, collateral estoppel, or the law of the case.






Case Summary
In a consolidated appeal, Lamar Owens challenges the eight-year sentence he received after pleading guilty to committing class C felony possession of cocaine.  In addition, he attempts to appeal the imposition of the balance of a previously suspended sentence for dealing in cocaine.  We affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
On May 10, 2002, the State charged Owens with class B felony dealing in cocaine.  App. at 1 (Cause No. 15C01-0205-FB-11).  In February 2003, a jury found him guilty.  In March 2003, a court ordered an eleven-year sentence but suspended five years and one hundred sixteen days.  Id. at 33.  On March 18, 2005, Owens was released and placed on active probation for five years and one hundred sixteen days.  Id.  
On July 14, 2006, Owens, who was in Addyston, Ohio, agreed to meet a confidential informant (

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