Skiles v. Commonwealth

HOWARD, Judge.

The appellant initially received a sentence of five years pursuant to his guilty plea in Perry Circuit Court. The statute applying to the appellant’s offense required a minimum sentence of ten years. Consequently, the appellant was resentenced to a ten-year term by the trial court. The appellant appeals.

On July 3, 1986, the appellant was indicted by a Perry County grand jury on one count of trafficking in cocaine, a Schedule II narcotic, with a previous Ohio conviction for “aggravated trafficking” in Methaqual-one. The appellant was also charged with being a persistent felony…