Shy v. State

MOORE, Justice:

Following a trial in Superior Court, Ira L. Shy was convicted of trafficking in illegal drugs [16 Del.C. § 4753A(a)(3) ], receiving a sentence of a $150,000 fine (which was suspended) and ten years in prison. 1 In his appeal from that conviction, he contends that section 4753A violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment because the statute has no rational relationship to the control of illegal drug sales. He also argues that the mandatory imposition of a ten year prison term constitutes cruel and unusual punishment which is prohibited by the eighth…