People v. Matthews

This case arises out of the alleged sale of cocaine to Terry Saldana, a Michigan state trooper. Defendant Matthews and his codefendant Andres Perez were jointly tried *65before a jury and convicted of delivery of between 225 and 650 grams of a mixture containing cocaine. Matthews and Perez were each sentenced to a term of 20 to 30 years imprisonment. Another codefendant, Namir Zaiber, who allegedly setup the transaction, was convicted of delivery of less than 50 grams of cocaine following a separate bench trial before the same judge who presided over Matthews’s and Perez’s jury trial. Zaiber was…