Wallace v. State

Believing Michael Wallace had thrown a Molotov cocktail at a vehicle, the State charged him with attempted second degree arson and making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing or discharging a destructive device. A jury found Wallace guilty as charged and, in an interrogatory verdict, determined Wallace had “possessed” and “discharged” a destructive device. The so-called 10-20-life statute provides for a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence in the event the defendant possesses a destructive device during the commission of the crime and a twenty-year mandatory minimum in the event the…