Lawhorn v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendants-Appellants William Lawhorn and Cecil Cox were found guilty by a jury in the Bartholomew Superior Court of dealing in cocaine, a class A felony. The trial judge sentenced each to a term of thirty years. Appellants now directly . appeal. The first issue presented for our consideration claims that the trial court erred by sentencing Appellants on a class A felony rather than on a class B felony due to the actual weight of pure cocaine delivered. This is the only issue raised by Appellant Cox. Appellant Lawhorn raised this issue and also presented several other…