State v. Grgurich

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from judgment imposed pursuant to Code section 204.410 for his accommodation sale of 2.6 grams of cocaine. He contends the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to a term of one year in the county jail with six months to be served on weekends and six months suspended rather than placing him on probation or deferring sentence under Code chapter 789A. He argues the trial court’s remarks at the sentencing proceeding that the jury had given him a “break” at the accommodation trial were prejudicial and manifest an abuse of discretion…