Weatherspoon v. State

CHANDLER, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. In December 1998, a Pike County grand jury indicted K.C. Weatherspoon for the crimes of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, sale of cocaine, and possession of marijuana. Weatherspoon pleaded guilty to selling cocaine and the trial judge sentenced him to twenty years imprisonment with eight years suspended. Weatherspoon appealed for post-conviction relief in the Pike County Circuit Court and the trial judge summarily denied the petition. Aggrieved, Weatherspoon appeals, arguing that the sentence of twenty years amounts to a life sentence given…