LAWHORN v. STATE

No. 481S104.

452 N.E.2d 915 (1983)

William LAWHORN and Cecil Cox, Appellants, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

August 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, David P. Freund, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant Lawhorn.

J. Richard Kiefer, Indianapolis, for appellant Cecil Cox.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Joseph N. Stevenson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendants-Appellants William Lawhorn and Cecil Cox were found guilty by a jury in the Bartholomew Superior Court of dealing in cocaine, a class A felony. The trial judge sentenced each to a term of thirty years. Appellants now directly appeal. The first issue presented for our consideration claims that the trial court erred by sentencing Appellants on a class A felony rather than on a class B felony due to the actual weight of pure cocaine delivered...

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