Paras v. State

Marshall, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of the offense of “trafficking in cocaine,” for which he received the applicable statutory mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. Code Ann. § 79A-811 (j) (3) (Ga. L. 1974, pp. 221, 243; 1975, pp. 1112, 1113; 1979, p. 1258; 1980, p. 432).

1. The appellant contends that Code Ann. § 79A-811, supra, is unconstitutional in several respects.(a) The appellant first contends that the statute violates separation of powers (Art. I, Sec. II, Par. IV of the Georgia Constitution; Code Ann. § 2-204) in that the…