Smith v. State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

James Vernard Smith was charged by accusation in 2006 with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and unlawful possession of lidocaine, a dangerous drug. On October 11, 2007, he entered into a negotiated plea of guilty to the lesser included offense of possession of cocaine and was sentenced to six years of probation and intensive probation supervision. At the plea hearing, the State relayed that Smith had a prior felony conviction from 1990 for burglary, a 1991 misdemeanor shoplifting conviction and two driving with suspended license convictions from 1998…