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Lynch v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Mar 4, 1994
640 So. 2d 45 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994)

Opinion

CR-92-0957.

March 4, 1994.

Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court; Ferrill D. McRae, Judge.

Jene Owens, Jr., Mobile, for appellant.

James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Cecil Brendle, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


On Return to Remand


We remanded this cause to the trial court with instructions to conduct a new sentencing hearing. 640 So.2d 44. On original submission, we determined that the trial court had enhanced the appellant's sentence by an additional five years' imprisonment pursuant to § 13A-12-250, Code of Alabama 1975, although the record contained no evidence that the sale of the controlled substance occurred within a three-mile radius of a school. The trial court complied with our instructions, conducted a new sentencing hearing, resentenced the appellant, and has filed a return with this court.

The return shows that the state presented evidence at the new sentencing hearing that the sale occurred within a three-mile radius of three schools. The trial court then found that the sale occurred within a three-mile radius of a school. This finding is fully supported by the record.

On resentencing, the trial court sentenced the appellant to 10 years' imprisonment, which sentence was split, with the appellant to serve two years' imprisonment and the remainder on probation. In addition, the trial court enhanced the sentence by imposing an additional five years' imprisonment under § 13A-12-250, and ordered that sentence to be served consecutively with the ten years' imprisonment imposed for the conviction for attempting to distribute cocaine.

The sentence being in order and supported by the record, the conviction and sentence in this case are due to be affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

All Judges concur.


Summaries of

Lynch v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Mar 4, 1994
640 So. 2d 45 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994)
Case details for

Lynch v. State

Case Details

Full title:Edric Maurice LYNCH v. STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Mar 4, 1994

Citations

640 So. 2d 45 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994)

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