Drinkwater v. State

Two issues are presented for review:

1. Was defendant denied equal protection of the law and thus penalized for exercising his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial in that his codefendant received a lesser sentence?

2. Is the defendant’s sentence excessive and an abuse of discretion?

Disparity between sentences.

Defendant contends that the trial judge punished him for exercising his right to a jury trial by sentencing him to two consecutive twenty-five year terms while his co-defendant received a twenty-five year term, a second twenty-five year term which was stayed, and fifteen years of…