Dontell Sawyer v. State of Tennessee

10/10/2019 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs August 27, 2019 DONTELL SAWYER v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Morgan County No. 2018-CR-87 Jeffery Hill Wicks, Judge ___________________________________ No. E2019-00187-CCA-R3-HC ___________________________________ On July 7, 2017, the Petitioner entered a guilty plea, pursuant to Hicks v. State,

945 S.W.2d 706

(Tenn. 1997), to possession with intent to sell a Schedule I controlled substance. In exchange for his plea, the Petitioner received a 10-year sentence to be served as a…