Cedric Detavius Sandidge v. Commonwealth of Virginia

OPINION BY

JUDGE RICHARD Y. ATLEE, JR.

In the Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg (“the circuit court”), Cedric Detavius Sandidge pled guilty, pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), 1 to two counts of distribution of cocaine, third or subsequent offense. 2 Sentenced to serve twenty years in the penitentiary, Sandidge argues on appeal that the circuit court wrongly imposed mandatory minimum sentences. We disagree and affirm.

I

Sandidge does not dispute the facts underlying his convictions. On two separate dates, he sold cocaine to a confidential…