Conner v. State

On Return to Remand

This Court’s opinion of March 1, 2002, is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor.

On February 21, 2001, Robert Covington Conner was convicted of the unlawful sale of a controlled substance, a violation of § 13A-12-211, Ala.Code 1975. On April 23, 2001, the trial judge sentenced him, as an habitual felony offender, to 20 years’ imprisonment. See § 13A-5-9(c)(2), Ala. Code 1975. That sentence was split, and he was ordered to serve three years in prison. The trial judge enhanced the sentence, pursuant to §§ 13A-12-250, and -270, Ala.Code 1975, because the sale…