People v. Mershon

Opinion by

Judge PLANK.

The defendant, Larry Mershon, appeals judgments of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of distribution and possession of a controlled drug and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The People cross-appeal the trial court’s order entered after a proportionality review of the defendant’s habitual criminal conviction reducing the defendant’s sentence from life to thirty-five years. We affirm.

The defendant was arrested and charged following six heroin sales to an undercover police officer. The information also alleged that the defendant…