State v. Holmes

Defendant, who had been convicted for criminal activity in drugs and placed on probation, appeals from the imposition of a seven-year sentence for the drug crime following revocation of his probation, as well as from the imposition of a lump-sum cost judgment.

In July of 1973 defendant was tried and convicted for two counts of criminal activity in drugs. He was sentenced to a three-year prison term. The conviction was appealed to this court and the case was reversed and remanded for a new trial.1

In 1974 defendant was retried and again convicted. Imposition of sentence was suspended and…