State v. Patterson

Littlejohn, Justice:

The appellant, Ronnie E. Patterson, was on May 2, 1977, charged in two separate indictments for distribution of Preludin, a controlled substance drug. The two offenses occurred on March 10, 1977. , '

On May 31, 1977, the State accepted two guilty pleas by the appellant: (1) to an accommodation sale of Preludin, and (2) to the distribution of Preludin. On the accommodation sale charge, he received a sentence of four months, and on the distribution charge, a sentence of seven years, suspended on the service of three years, to be served con secutively after the four-months…