Ex Parte Garner

William Garner III was convicted in the Circuit Court of Geneva County, under two separate indictments, for unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, violations of §13A-12-211, Ala. Code 1975. The two cases were consolidated for trial. Garner stipulated that his unlawful sales occurred within three miles of a school and within three miles of a public housing project owned by a housing authority. Garner was sentenced in each case to imprisonment for a term of two years plus five additional and consecutive years because the sales occurred within three miles of a school and five more…