State v. Jones

JONES, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE:

On July 19, 1983, the appellants Stanley Jones and Roberto Morales, along with Manual Martinez-Sanchez, Yolanda Red-dick, Winfredo Cabello, and Reinaldi Castillo, were charged with possession of more than 200 grams of cocaine. On May 22, 1985, a twelve-member jury found Jones, Morales, and Martinez-Sanchez guilty as charged (Reddick and Castillo eventually pled guilty, Cabello is at large). On July 11, 1985, Jones and Martinez-Sanchez were sentenced to serve thirty years at hard labor and were fined $100,000.00 each. On October 15, 1985, Morales was also…