by the Court of Appeals after his bid to have the sentence reduced.

Hubert Leroy Rogers, 34, was sentenced on October 27 last year to six years in prison for heroin possession with intent to supply.

Rogers was also sentenced on the same day to a concurrent term of two years in prison for cocaine possession with intent to supply.

He was arrested with 0.23 grams of the heroin in "deck'' form, and with two nuggets of crack cocaine weighing 0.3 grams.

Ms Victoria Pearman, representing Rogers, said both sentences were to run concurrently and were to start after an 18-month sentence Rogers was already serving.

Ms Pearman said when Rogers was arrested on Court Street, he was with a group of people, and the drugs were for his own use, not supply.

She said former Chief Justice the Hon. Sir James Astwood had not taken into account the time he was serving at Casemates when he sentenced Rogers for the heroin and cocaine offences.

Solicitor General Mr. Barrie Meade told the court no evidence had been given at the trial that the drugs were for Rogers' personal use. Citing Rogers' previous drugs convictions, Mr. Meade said Rogers was a drug pusher who had taken his chances by having a Supreme Court trial.

The court upheld Rogers' sentence and said it was to run consecutive to the 18-month sentence he had been serving.