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Judgment rendered February 2 , 2 0 1 1 . Application fo r rehearing m ay b e filed within the delay allowed by Art. 922, La. C.Cr.P .
No. 45,915-KA

COURT OF APPEAL
SECOND CIRCUIT
STATE OF LOUISIANA

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STATE OF LOUISIANA Appellee
versus
RAFFAELOUS JECHANIA WHITE Appellant
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Appealed from the
First Judicial District Court for the
Parish of Caddo, Louisiana
Trial Court No. 269,119

Honorable Craig Marcotte, Judge

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LOUISIANA APPELLATE PROJECT Counsel for By: Carey J. Ellis, III Appellant
CHARLES REX SCOTT, II Counsel for District Attorney Appellee
JASON TREVOR BROWN SUZANNE MORELOCK OWEN TOMMY JOHNSON Assistant District Attorneys
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Before WILLIAMS, CARAWAY and DREW, JJ.
DREW, J.:

Raffaelous Jechania White was convicted of distribution of a
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Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance.  As a fourth-felony offender,he was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.  He now appeals.  We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Defendant was charged by bill of information with distribution of cocaine in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(A)(1).  A jury trial set for November 17, 2008, was continued.  The next day, in open court along with his attorney, defendant waived his right to jury trial.2   Bench trial was had the next day.  Three witnesses testified: two police officers and the defendant.
Corporal Steve McKenna, of the Shreveport Police Department (

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