Lightfoot v. State

The petitioner, Reginald Tyrone Light-foot, was convicted of trafficking in cocaine, see Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-12-231(2). He challenges whether his sentence was properly “enhanced” under Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-12-231(13),7 which essentially provided that any person who possessed a firearm during the commission of an offense falling within § 13A-12-231 would be sentenced to five years’ imprisonment “in addition to, and not in lieu of, the punishment otherwise provided .... ”

As the Court of Criminal Appeals held in its opinion in this case: “[T]he trial court’s application of the enhancement to…