Gregory v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

As the result of a government sting operation, appellant Jeffrey Gregory was convicted of four counts of selling cocaine to the same police informant. The court sentenced him to the presumptive term of thirty years on each count, to be served consecutively. Consecutive sentences are not appropriate when the State sponsors a series of virtually identical offenses.

In early 1990, two officers from the Elk-hart County Drug Task Force arranged for a former drug dealer to act as a police informant in a sting operation. The target was Jeffrey Gregory. Within the ten day period…