People v. Rice

Opinion by

CHIEF JUDGE LOEB

4 1 Defendant, Trevor Ronald Rice, pleaded guilty to a single count of distributing cocaine in the amount of 25 to 450 grams under section 18-18-405(1), (2)(a)(D), and 3(a)(I).1 Ch. 333, see. 10, § 18-18-405, 2018 Colo. Sess. Laws 1909, 1912; Ch. 281, see. 55, § 18-18-405(1)(a), 2012 Colo, Sess. Laws 1622. Rice argued to the sentencing court that extraordinary cireumstances necessitated a mitigated sentence in his case. Thus, at his sentencing hearing, Rice argued that seetion 18-1.3-401(6), C.R.S. 2015, was applicable, and he presented eight witnesses and numerous…