Mikell v. State

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Samuel Mikell, Jr. was convicted of selling cocaine, distributing cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public housing project, and obstructing a police officer. The court sentenced Mikell to life imprisonment for the sale of cocaine, 40 years in prison for the cocaine distribution within 1,000 feet of a public housing project, and 12 months for the obstruction. Mikell appealed to this Court, and we affirmed the convictions and sentences in Mikell v. State, 231 Ga. App. 85 (498 SE2d 531) (1998).

The Supreme Court granted certiorari and reversed our finding that the trial court…