Sharpley v. State

BOLIN, Justice.1

David Sharpley pleaded guilty in the Morgan Circuit Court to first-degree robbery. In sentencing Sharpley, the trial court applied an enhancement statute, § 13A-5-6(a)(4), Ala.Code 1975, which mandates a minimum sentence of 20 years’ *1160imprisonment when the defendant has used or has attempted to use a firearm or a deadly weapon in the commission of a class A felony, and sentenced Sharpley to 30 years in prison. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, in an unpublished memorandum, concluded that Sharpley’s argument that the trial court had improperly applied the…