Brown v. State

Blackburn, Chief Judge.

After pleading guilty, Mitchell Louis Brown appeals his sentence for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and misdemeanor possession of marijuana, arguing that the trial court erred by imposing sentence pursuant to both OCGA § 17-10-7, the general recidivist statute, and OCGA § 16-13-30 (d), which applies to sentencing for multiple felonies regarding the possession and sale of controlled substances. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The record shows that, at Brown’s sentencing hearing, the State introduced evidence of Brown’s 1990 guilty plea and…