State v. Cadle

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The appellant-defendant, Jimmy Cadle, was charged in two separate indictments with the sale of controlled substances. The two charges were tried at the same time, resulting in guilty verdicts and the imposition of two consecutive four year sentences. On appeal Cadle raises multiple issues for our review, the most crucial of which stem from a violation of Rule 16(a)(lXA). For the reasons stated below, we remand the case for a new trial.

The proof at trial showed that the two drug sales in question were made by Cadle to an undercover narcotics agent, Mack Smith, who had…