Parish v. State

MADDOX, Justice.

This Court granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in reversing the trial court’s judgment convicting Kelvin Parish on his guilty plea entered on a charge of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance; the offense occurred within three miles of a school. See, Parish v. State, 660 So.2d 227 (Ala.Crim.App.1993).

The trial court first granted youthful offender status to Parish; it later denied that status, because the offense occurred within three miles of a school. The trial court stated:

“The court finds in…