State v. Rogers

HAYS, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Richard Allen Rogers, pleaded guilty to the crime of possession of dangerous drugs for sale. He was sentenced to not less than four nor more than seven years in prison. The only issue raised in his brief is whether the sentence was excessive.

The only things that appear in the record in his favor are the facts that he is only 20 years of age and that he is an indigent. He has had one year of college.

There is a strange contradiction between the record and the briefs. At the preliminary hearing, the officer who executed the search warrant testified that he…