Rainey v. State

Respondent pled guilty to distribution of crack cocaine and resisting arrest. He was sentenced as a second offender for the distribution charge to imprisonment for thirty years, suspended upon service of twenty-five years, and payment of a $50,000 fine. A consecutive one year sentence was imposed for resisting arrest. We affirmed the case on direct appeal.

The State seeks a writ of certiorari from the order granting respondent’s application for postconviction relief (PCR). We grant the petition for a writ of certiorari, dispense with further briefing, and affirm the order of the PCR judge.

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