Chiapponi v. State

I would rather see this appellant, under the facts of this case, discharged than being mandatorily sentenced to fifteen years for her alleged participation in a “conspiracy,” especially given her acquittal on the charge of trafficking in cocaine. Her biggest crime may not have been her serious relationship with a trafficker, but it should not be as a conspirator.

There clearly were two major “players” in this crime — Michael Mayer, with whom appellant had the serious relationship, and Burton Spear, the man who cooperated with police after his arrest to save his own skin. While Spear’s trial…