Cassady v. State

Appellant Ronnie Cassady was convicted by a Mobile County jury for the sale of Dextroamphitimine sulfate and amobarbitol in violation of § 20-2-70, Code of Alabama (1975). He was sentenced to a term of 40 years in the penitentiary and fined $25,000.

This appeal raises an issue identical to the threshold issue raised in a companion case stemming from Cassady's conviction in three consolidated drug cases in Mobile County: Whether Cassady's conviction and sentencing was in violation of a pre-existing negotiated plea agreement with the Mobile County District Attorney's office.

We remand this case…