State v. Fulton

Appellee, Harold Fulton, was charged by amended information with two counts of sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a place of worship or a convenience business. He pled guilty to both counts, with no agreement as to a specific sentence to be imposed. At the plea conference, the court informed Fulton that each of the counts to which he was entering a plea was a first degree felony punishable by up to thirty years in state prison. The court told the defendant that the minimum sentence he could receive, absent a downward departure, was 70.6 months in the Department of Corrections. Fulton moved…