Opinion

State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey Stanley Mitchell

Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Filed
Jan 9, 2017
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Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr.
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The opinion

01/09/2017

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE

AT KNOXVILLE

Assigned on Briefs December 20, 2016

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JEFFREY STANLEY MITCHELL

Appeal from the Criminal Court for Knox County

Nos. 103163, 103177 Scott Green, Judge

No. E2016-00601-CCA-R3-CD

The defendant, Jeffrey Stanley Mitchell, appeals his Knox County Criminal Court jury

convictions of one count of facilitation of the possession with intent to sell more than 26

grams of cocaine within a drug-free school zone, one count of third offense simple

possession of marijuana, two counts of the facilitation of the sale of .5 grams or more of

cocaine within a drug-free school zone, and two counts of the sale of .5 grams or more of

cocaine within a drug free school zone, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to

support his convictions. Because our supreme court has determined that the provisions of

the Drug-Free School Zone Act do not apply to convictions of facilitation, the sentences

imposed for the defendant’s convictions of facilitation must be reversed and the case

remanded for resentencing on those counts. The judgments of the trial court are affirmed

in all other respects.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3; Judgments of the Criminal Court Affirmed in Part; Reversed

and Remanded in Part

JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which THOMAS T.

WOODALL, P.J., and JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, J., joined.

Alexander Brown, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jeffrey Stanley Mitchell.

Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Renee W. Turner, Assistant

Attorney General; Randall E. Nichols, District Attorney General; and Sean McDermott,

Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

The defendant’s convictions in case number 103177 relate to the sale of

cocaine to confidential informant Laquinton Pettway on four occasions at the defendant’s

Woodbine Avenue address in Knoxville. The convictions in case number 103163 relate

to the execution of a search warrant at the Woodbine Avenue residence on September 12,

2013.

At trial, Mr. Pettway testified that he began working as a confidential

informant with Knoxville Police Department (“KPD”) Officer Adam Broome after

Officer Broome arrested Mr. Pettway for selling cocaine. Mr. Pettway agreed to work as

an informant in exchange for leniency in relation to his charges of violating his probation

and selling cocaine.

On August 7, 2013, Officer Broome searched Mr. Pettway’s person and his

vehicle and then provided Mr. Pettway with $100 in marked money to purchase crack

cocaine. Mr. Pettway was outfitted with audio and video recording equipment. Mr.

Pettway then drove to a residence at 2544 Woodbine Avenue where he knew he could

purchase drugs from a man he knew as “Jamaica” or one he knew as “Boss.” He entered

the residence through a side door and walked to a table where Boss and other men were

seated. Mr. Pettway purchased cocaine “[a]t the table.” Mr. Pettway identified the

defendant from the video recording of the transaction as the man he knew as Boss. He

said that the defendant appeared to sleep during the transaction. The recording of this

transaction was played for the jury. After purchasing the cocaine, Mr. Pettway turned

over the drugs and the recording equipment to Officer Broome.

Mr. Pettway returned to the Woodbine Avenue residence to purchase drugs

on August 9, 2013. Again, Officer Broome searched Mr. Pettway’s person and his

vehicle and provided him with marked currency and recording equipment. Mr. Pettway

again entered the residence through the side door, but on this occasion, he purchased

cocaine directly from the defendant, who was seated in the corner of the room. The video

recording of this transaction was played for the jury. Mr. Pettway said that he had never

purchased cocaine directly from the defendant before and that he had always purchased

from “Jamaica.”

Mr. Pettway followed the same procedure when making a controlled

purchase of $125 worth of crack cocaine at the Woodbine Avenue residence on August

28, 2013. When he entered the residence on that occasion, two men were at the kitchen

counter bagging up crack cocaine. He explained that drug dealers would use a razor

blade to shave smaller sale amounts of crack cocaine from a larger “cookie” of crack

cocaine. He said that $125 would buy 2 to 3 grams of crack cocaine from Boss and that

that amount, which was typically the size of a quarter, was referred to as an eight ball.

Mr. Pettway would then break down that amount into “twenties,” which he explained was

a $20 rock of cocaine. He said that he was “supposed to get five” $20 rocks from two

grams of cocaine. Mr. Pettway purchased the cocaine from one of the men bagging the

cocaine at the counter. The recording of this transaction was played for the jury. He said

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that it was not unusual for several individuals to be selling cocaine inside the Woodbine

Avenue residence. Mr. Pettway turned the drugs and recording equipment over to

Officer Broome.

Mr. Pettway initiated another controlled buy from the Woodbine Avenue

residence on September 10, 2013. He employed the same procedure as he had in the

previous buys. On that day, the defendant personally bagged and sold the crack cocaine

to Mr. Pettway. Also on that day, Mr. Pettway inquired about purchasing a silver

revolver with a black grip from the defendant, but the defendant said that the firearm was

not for sale. The recording of this transaction was played for the jury.

The parties stipulated that the residence located at 2544 Woodbine Avenue

is within 1,000 feet of Knoxville Baptist Christian School, a private elementary school,

and God’s Creative Enrichment Center, a child care agency. The parties also stipulated

that Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (“TBI”) testing established that the substance

purchased by Mr. Pettway on each occasion was cocaine. The TBI laboratory report,

which was admitted into evidence and published to the jury, established that the drugs

purchased by Mr. Pettway on August 7, 2013, and August 9, 2013, weighed 2.20 grams.

The drugs purchased on August 28, 2013, weighed 2.08 grams, and the drugs purchased

on September 10, 2013, weighed 2.17 grams.

During cross-examination, Mr. Pettway acknowledged that the State had

agreed that the sentence imposed for his most recent conviction of selling cocaine would

be served concurrently to the sentence he was serving for his previous conviction of

selling cocaine. Mr. Pettway said that although he had approached Officer Broome about

becoming an informant, it was actually Officer Broome who suggested that he attempt to

buy drugs from the defendant at the Woodbine Avenue address.

KPD Officer Adam Broome testified that “during the course of a debrief”

with Mr. Pettway, Mr. Pettway mentioned the defendant by the street name of Boss, and

the information provided by Mr. Pettway related to the defendant “correlated with some

information” that the KPD had received from other sources. After verifying the

information provided by Mr. Pettway, Officer Broome had Mr. Pettway participate in

four controlled buys from the Woodbine Avenue residence. Officer Broome explained

for the jury the process of arranging and completing a controlled buy. He stated that the

informant and the informant’s vehicle were searched for money and contraband, that

KPD officers established the route that the informant would travel to the appointed

location, that the informant was outfitted with recording equipment and provided with

currency that had been previously photographed by the KPD, and that then the informant

was escorted to the appointed location. Officer Broome said that KPD officers

maintained constant surveillance of Mr. Pettway during each of the transactions at issue.

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Following each purchase, Mr. Pettway turned over the drugs and the recording

equipment, and Officer Broome again searched Mr. Pettway’s person and vehicle for

drugs or contraband. Mr. Pettway participated in four controlled buys from the

Woodbine Avenue address following this procedure.

After each controlled buy, Officer Broome weighed and field tested the

substance purchased by Mr. Pettway. On each occasion, the substance tested positive for

the presence of cocaine. Officer Pettway then sealed the substance in an evidence

envelope and sent it to the TBI for testing.

Based on the evidence received during the four controlled buys, Officer

Broome obtained a warrant to search the Woodbine Avenue residence. Officers from the

KPD executed the warrant on September 12, 2013.

Upon entering the residence, officers found several individuals inside the

house and eventually located the defendant seated on a bed in one of the bedrooms.

Officers discovered two loaded handguns under the pillow on the bed and an SKS assault

rifle “between the mattress and box spring.” In that same bedroom, officers found a

“Hooka” that contained marijuana residue; a whisk that tested positive for the presence of

cocaine, which indicated that it had been used in the process of cooking crack cocaine; a

magazine with ammunition in it; and a safe. The safe contained cash, cellular telephones,

and a vehicle title bearing the defendant’s name and the Woodbine Avenue address. The

defendant also had cash on his person, including bills from the controlled buys.

Officers found individually-packaged bags of crack cocaine in amounts

similar to those purchased by Mr. Pettway throughout the kitchen. Officers also found

three sets of digital scales, a marijuana cigarette, two pill bottles that bore the defendant’s

name and the Woodbine Avenue address, and a large paper bag in the kitchen. Inside the

bag, officers found powder cocaine and “a cookie of [c]rack [c]ocaine,” which, he

explained, was powder cocaine that had been turned into crack cocaine but had not yet

been broken and packaged for resale. Officers also discovered several pill bottles that

contained crumbs of crack cocaine. Throughout the kitchen area, officers discovered

cocaine in various stages of production and packaging. TBI testing established that the

aggregate amount of cocaine in both crack and powder form found during the search was

well in excess of 100 grams.

During cross-examination, Officer Broome insisted that Mr. Pettway

mentioned the defendant during their first debriefing, referring to the defendant by his

street name. Officer Broome said that he did not try to ascertain who owned the

Woodbine Avenue residence. He admitted that he was unable to verify the identity of the

two men who were seen packaging drugs for resale and who actually sold drugs to Mr.

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Pettway on one occasion. Officer Broome said that although five or six people were

present at the residence when he executed the search warrant, only the defendant and his

daughter, Jalisa Ross, were charged with any crimes; Ms. Ross was charged with

possession of cocaine based upon officers’ discovery inside her purse of a pill bottle that

contained crack cocaine. Officers found a “wad” of cash lying in the living room area of

the house “as if somebody had thrown it,” and some of the bills matched those provided

to Mr. Pettway for the September 10, 2013 controlled buy.

The defendant testified that following his release from federal prison in

2011, he began buying cars at auction and reselling them as a means of making money.

He also performed some mechanic work. The defendant said that he visited the

Woodbine Avenue residence to smoke marijuana, play video games, and visit his

children, who lived there with his estranged wife, Latronda Brenner. The defendant said

that Ms. Brenner rented the Woodbine Avenue residence while he lived at 408 Oakland

Street. He claimed that officers knew that he lived on Oakland Street.

The defendant admitted that drugs were sold at the Woodbine Avenue

residence but denied participating in the drug sales. He said, “[T]hey did what they did,

but I had no parts of it, so I figured if I didn’t mess with nothing or touch nothing, that I

had nothing to worry about.” The defendant insisted that the drugs and guns found

throughout the house belonged to Ms. Brenner’s brother, Savante Hinton. He maintained

that it was not his hand that could be seen handing drugs to Mr. Pettway during the

second controlled buy, saying that he could not have reached that far across the table.

The defendant said that on the day the search warrant was executed, he had

gone to the Woodbine Avenue residence to be with his children. He recalled that his feet

were hurting because of his gout, so he took some medication and went to lie down in the

bedroom where his wife’s six-year-old niece usually slept. He said that he woke up

shortly before the police came in and went to the restroom. He said that he heard the

sound of a percussion device and then heard the officers shouting. He stepped into the

hall, and his wife’s niece jumped into his arms. An officer then came into the hall,

instructed the defendant to put one of his hands up, and then instructed him to sit on the

bed in the bedroom.

The defendant testified that he was carrying $1,240 in cash in his pocket on

the day of the search because he intended to pay the rent for both his and Ms. Brenner’s

residences. He said that he used cash exclusively and that he did not have a bank account

because “any money that [he] put in the bank” was garnished to pay a child support

arrearage that accrued after “some of [his] baby mothers . . . got on support” while he was

incarcerated on a federal drug conviction.

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The defendant suggested that the KPD began investigating him only

because a woman named Kendra Williams, who had a reason to hold a grudge against the

defendant and Ms. Brenner, submitted a complaint to the KPD as retribution.

During cross-examination, the defendant acknowledged that he frequented

the Woodbine Avenue residence despite knowing that drugs were being sold there. He

admitted that the nearly 135 grams of cocaine, both in crack and powder form, discovered

during the search of the Woodbine Avenue residence was “a lot.” He also conceded that

the kitchen table, which was the center of all the drug transactions in the house, was

directly in front of his chair. Near the chair, officers found a pill bottle with crack

cocaine in it, an empty cigarette pack with crack cocaine in it, a plate with crack cocaine

crumbs on it, a razor blade with cocaine residue on it, a marijuana blunt, and a bag

containing over 100 grams of crack cocaine.

The defendant denied selling drugs to Mr. Pettway during any of the

controlled buys despite that the video recordings of the exchanges shows him doing just

that on two occasions. He claimed that Mr. Pettway was lying “to get his time cut.” He

acknowledged that many of his friends and family members sold drugs at the Woodbine

Avenue residence and that the nickname given to him by those people was “Boss.”

Prior to trial, the State dismissed count 7 of case number 103163. Based

upon the proof presented, the jury entered verdicts in case number 103163 as follows:

Count Charged Offense Conviction Offense

1 possession with intent to sell more facilitation of possession with intent to

than 26 grams of cocaine within 1,000 sell more than 26 grams of cocaine within

feet of a private elementary school 1,000 feet of a private elementary school

2 possession with intent to deliver more facilitation of possession with intent to

than 26 grams of cocaine within 1,000 deliver more than 26 grams of cocaine

feet of a private elementary school within 1,000 feet of a private elementary

school

3 possession with intent to sell more facilitation of possession with intent to

than 26 grams of cocaine within 1,000 sell more than 26 grams of cocaine within

feet of a child care agency 1,000 feet of a child care agency

4 possession with intent to deliver more facilitation of possession with intent to

than 26 grams of cocaine within 1,000 deliver more than 26 grams of cocaine

feet of a child care agency within 1,000 feet of a child care agency

5 possession of a firearm with the intent not guilty

to go armed during the commission of

a dangerous felony (possession with

intent to sell a controlled substance)

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after having been previously

convicted of a dangerous felony (1996

conspiracy to distribute cocaine)

6 possession of a firearm by a convicted not guilty

felon

8 simple possession of marijuana, third Same

offense

9 possession of drug paraphernalia not guilty

The jury entered verdicts in case number 103177 as follows:

Count Charged Offense Conviction Offense

1 delivery of .5 grams or more of facilitation of the delivery of .5 grams or

cocaine within 1,000 feet of a private more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a

elementary school private elementary school

2 sale of .5 grams or more of cocaine facilitation of the sale of .5 grams or

within 1,000 feet of a private more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a

elementary school private elementary school

3 delivery of .5 grams or more of facilitation of the delivery of .5 grams or

cocaine within 1,000 feet of a child more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a

care agency child care agency

4 sale of .5 grams or more of cocaine facilitation of the sale of .5 grams or

within 1,000 feet of a child care more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a

agency child care agency

5 delivery of .5 grams or more of same

cocaine within 1,000 feet of a private

elementary school

6 sale of .5 grams or more of cocaine same

within 1,000 feet of a private

elementary school

7 sale of .5 grams or more of cocaine same

within 1,000 feet of a child care

agency

8 delivery of .5 grams or more of same

cocaine within 1,000 feet of a child

care agency

9 sale of .5 grams or more of cocaine facilitation of the sale of .5 grams or

within 1,000 feet of a private more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a

elementary school private elementary school

10 delivery of .5 grams or more of facilitation of the delivery of .5 grams or

cocaine within 1,000 feet of a private more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a

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elementary school private elementary school

11 sale of .5 grams or more of cocaine facilitation of the sale of .5 grams or

within 1,000 feet of a child care more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a

agency child care agency

12 delivery of .5 grams or more of facilitation of the delivery of .5 grams or

cocaine within 1,000 feet of a child more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a

care agency child care agency

13 sale of .5 grams or more of cocaine same

within 1,000 feet of a private

elementary school

14 delivery of .5 grams or more of same

cocaine within 1,000 feet of a private

elementary school

15 sale of .5 grams or more of cocaine same

within 1,000 feet of a child care

agency

16 delivery of .5 grams or more of same

cocaine within 1,000 feet of a child

care agency

In case number 103163, the trial court merged counts 2, 3, and 4 into count 1. In case

number 103177, the court merged counts 2 through 4 into count 1; counts 5, 7, and 8 into

count 6; counts 10-12 into count 9; and counts 14-16 into count 13. Following a

sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed a sentence of 12 years to be served at 100

percent for the defendant’s conviction of facilitation of the possession with intent to sell

more than 26 grams of cocaine, a sentence of two years to be served at 30 percent for the

defendant’s conviction of third offense simple possession of marijuana, sentences of 12

years to be served at 100 percent for each of the defendant’s convictions of facilitation of

the sale of .5 grams or more of cocaine in a school zone, and sentences of 25 years to be

served at 100 percent for each of the defendant’s convictions of the sale of .5 grams or

more of cocaine in a school zone. The trial court ordered partially consecutive

sentencing for a total effective sentence of 27 years’ incarceration.

In this timely appeal, the defendant asserts that the evidence presented at

trial was insufficient to support his convictions. He argues that the testimony of the

State’s witnesses, particularly that offered by Mr. Pettway and Officer Broome, was

inconsistent.

Sufficiency

We review the defendant’s claim of insufficient evidence mindful that our

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standard of review is whether, after considering the evidence in the light most favorable

to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the

crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Tenn. R. App. P. 13(e); Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S.

307, 319 (1979); State v. Winters, 137 S.W.3d 641, 654 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003). This

standard applies to findings of guilt based upon direct evidence, circumstantial evidence,

or a combination of direct and circumstantial evidence. State v. Dorantes, 331 S.W.3d

370, 379 (Tenn. 2011).

When examining the sufficiency of the evidence, this court should neither

re-weigh the evidence nor substitute its inferences for those drawn by the trier of fact. Id.

Questions concerning the credibility of the witnesses, the weight and value of the

evidence, as well as all factual issues raised by the evidence are resolved by the trier of

fact. State v. Cabbage, 571 S.W.2d 832, 835 (Tenn. 1978). Significantly, this court must

afford the State the strongest legitimate view of the evidence contained in the record as

well as all reasonable and legitimate inferences which may be drawn from the evidence.

Id.

“It is an offense for a defendant to knowingly . . . [d]eliver a controlled

substance; . . . [s]ell a controlled substance; or . . . [p]ossess a controlled substance with

intent to manufacture, deliver or sell the controlled substance.” T.C.A. § 39-17-

417(a)(2)-(4). A violation of this section with respect to .5 grams or more of cocaine, a

Schedule II controlled substance, see id. § 39-17-408(b)(4), is a Class B felony, see id. §

39-17-417(c)(1), unless it “occurs . . . within one thousand feet (1,000') of the real

property that comprises a public . . . elementary school,” when it “shall be punished one

(1) classification higher than is provided in § 39-17-417(b)-(i) for such violation,” see id.

§ 39-17-432(b). A violation involving an amount of cocaine in excess of 26 grams

committed in a drug-free school zone is a Class A felony that carries a fine of $200,000.

See id. § 39-17-417(i)(5); -432(b). A violation of this section with respect to less than .5

grams of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public elementary school is a Class B felony. See

id. § 39-17- 417(c)(2)(a); -432(b).

In this case, Mr. Pettway purchased cocaine on four occasions from the

Woodbine Avenue residence, twice buying directly from the defendant and twice from

other individuals as the defendant sat nearby. Prescription medication bottles and a

vehicle title in the defendant’s name bore the Woodbine Avenue address. During the

August 7, 2013 transaction, Mr. Pettway purchased cocaine at the kitchen table while the

defendant reclined nearby. During the August 9, 2013 transaction, Mr. Pettway

purchased drugs directly from the defendant. During the August 28, 2013 transaction,

Mr. Pettway purchased cocaine from another individual inside the residence. During the

final transaction, Mr. Pettway purchased cocaine directly from the defendant, who was

bagging cocaine for sale when Mr. Pettway arrived. The parties stipulated that the

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substance that Mr. Pettway purchased at the Woodbine Avenue residence was cocaine

and that the residence was located within 1,000 feet of both a private elementary school

and a childcare agency. Recordings of each purchase were played for the jury.

Authorities executed a search warrant on September 12, 2013, which led to the discovery

of a large amount of cocaine in various stages of production and packaging, digital scales

and other items used in the production and packaging of crack cocaine, two pill bottles

that bore the defendant’s name and the Woodbine Avenue address, and a marijuana

cigarette. Marked bills from the four controlled buys were found in a stack of cash inside

a safe at the residence, a wad of cash dropped in the front of the house, and cash found on

the defendant’s person. In our view, this evidence was more than sufficient to support

each of his convictions. We decline, as we must, the defendant’s invitation to revisit the

credibility determinations made by the jury with regard to the testimony of the State’s

witnesses.

Sentencing

Although not raised by the parties, we find plain error in the defendant’s

sentences for his convictions of facilitation of the sale and delivery of cocaine based upon

our supreme court’s recent holding in State v. Stanley Bernard Gibson, ___ S.W.3d ___,

No. M2014-00598-SC-R11-CD (Tenn. Nov. 16, 2016). This court will grant relief for

plain error pursuant to Rule 36(b) only when:

“(1) the record clearly establishes what occurred in the trial

court; (2) the error breached a clear and unequivocal rule of

law; (3) the error adversely affected a substantial right of the

complaining party; (4) the error was not waived for tactical

purposes; and (5) substantial justice is at stake.”

State v. Cooper, 321 S.W.3d 501, 506 (Tenn. 2010) (quoting State v. Hatcher, 310

S.W.3d 788, 808 (Tenn. 2010)).

In Stanley Bernard Gibson, Gibson was charged with the possession of .5

grams or more of cocaine with intent to distribute in a drug-free school zone but

convicted of the lesser-included offense of facilitation of possession of cocaine with

intent to distribute within a drug-free school zone. See State v. Stanley Bernard Gibson,

___ S.W.3d ___, No. M2014-00598-SC-R11-CD, slip op. at 7 (Tenn. Nov. 16, 2016).

Based upon the jury’s finding that Gibson committed his offense within 1,000 feet of a

school, the trial court classified the conviction offense one class higher and ordered that

he serve 100 percent of the minimum sentence. Id., slip op. at 5; see also T.C.A. § 39-

17-432(b)(1) (“A violation of § 39-17-417, or a conspiracy to violate the section, that

occurs on the grounds or facilities of any school or within one thousand feet (1,000′) of

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the real property that comprises a public or private elementary school, middle school,

secondary school, preschool, child care agency, or public library, recreational center or

park shall be punished one (1) classification higher than is provided in § 39-17-417(b)-(i)

for such violation.”). Our supreme court examined the plain language of the statute and

held, however, that the Drug-Free School Zone Act “applies only to a violation of, or a

conspiracy to violate, Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-17-417.” Stanley Bernard

Gibson, slip op. at 8 (citing State v. Fields, 40 S.W.3d 435, 439-40 (Tenn. 2001)). The

high court ruled that “[b]ecause the Act does not apply to a conviction for facilitation, the

trial court erred in classifying Mr. Gibson’s conviction for facilitation as a Class B felony

and requiring 100 percent service of the sentence.” Stanley Bernard Gibson, slip op. at 9.

The supreme court remanded the case for resentencing.

In this case, the defendant was charged in counts 1-4 of case number

103163 with possession with intent to sell or deliver more than 26 grams of cocaine in a

school zone but was convicted of the lesser included offense of facilitation of possession

with intent to sell or deliver more than 26 grams of cocaine in a school zone in each

count. Similarly, the defendant was charged in counts 1 through 4 and counts 9 through

12 of case number 103177 with the sale or delivery of .5 grams or more of cocaine in a

school zone but was convicted of the lesser included offense of the facilitation of the sale

or delivery of .5 grams or more of cocaine in a school zone. Because our supreme court

has determined that the provisions of the Drug-Free School Zone Act do not apply to

convictions of facilitation, the trial court’s increasing the offense classification for the

facilitation convictions from a Class C felony to a Class B felony and ordering the

defendant to serve 100 percent of the 12-year sentence imposed for each of these

convictions breached a clear and unequivocal rule of law, and the record contains no

indication that the defendant waived the issue for tactical reasons. In consequence, we

reverse the sentences imposed for the defendant’s convictions of facilitation and remand

the case for resentencing on those counts.

Accordingly, the cause is remanded to the trial court for resentencing on

count 1 of case number 103163 and counts 1 and 9 of case number 103177. The

judgments of the trial court are affirmed in all other respects.

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JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., JUDGE

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