Butler v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Mack Butler appeals his conviction for selling cocaine, contending inter alia that the court erred in having Butler stand before the jury for identification and that his life without parole sentence was unconstitutional. We hold that standing before the jury did not violate Butler’s state constitutional right against self-incrimination and that his recidivist sentence of life without parole, which was based on his three prior convictions for selling cocaine, was constitutional. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Construed in favor of the verdict,…