People v. James

Defendant James A. James and codefendant Diane James (defendant’s wife) were charged by indictment with two counts of controlled substance offenses. After their trial began, the court held a plea bargaining conference pursuant to which (1) defendant pled guilty to possession of over 15 grams of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and (2) codefendant pled guilty to possession of less than 15 grams of a controlled substance. The trial court, after admonishing both defendants, sentenced defendant to six years’ imprisonment and codefendant to 18 months’ probation. Defendant then filed…