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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
96-K-0195 STATE OF LOUISIANA versus BRUCE YOUNG, JR.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI AND/OR REVIEW TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF LOUISIANA

KIMBALL, Justice* ISSUE
We granted certiorari to resolve a conflict among the circuits and determine whether the prohibition on appealing a sentence that is the result of a plea bargain contained in La. C.Cr.P. art. 881.2(A)(2)1 encompasses plea agreements involving sentencing caps as well as specific sentences. FACTS On the night of May 29, 1991, Detectives Grim and Shelton were working as undercover narcotics officers. While the detectives were riding in a truck, defendant flagged them down and asked them what they were looking for. The detectives told the defendant they were looking to buy cocaine. A cocaine sale was negotiated between the detectives and defendant and defendant left to retrieve the cocaine. After the defendant returned with the cocaine, he got inside of the detectives' parked vehicle and asked them if they were police officers. The undercover detectives denied the fact they were police officers. The detectives and defendant exited the vehicle because the defendant had become nervous about the situation. Defendant then produced four baggies, each containing a white powdery substance for the detectives to examine. Detective Grim examined the baggies and indicated he
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Johnson, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2,

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