State v. Townsend

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

In 1992, appellee was arrested and found to be in possession of 4.754 grams of a cocaine based substance. In January of 1993, he pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The trial court imposed a sentence of ten years for the crime, but suspended the execution of eight years of the sentence. The State objected to the suspension of part of the sentence and argued that the applicable 1992 statutes, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 5-64-401 (a)(1)(i) (Supp. 1991) & 5-4-301 (a)(1)(f) (Supp. 1991), required the trial court to sentence appellee to…