597 So. 2d 1307 - Hester v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “§ 13A-12-270 , Code of Alabama 1975, which mandates an additional five years' imprisonment if the sale occurred within a three-mile radius of a public housing project. If the state gives the requisite notice to the appellant of its intent to invoke that statute and evidence is presented that the sale occurred within a three-mile radius of a public housing project, then the additional five-year sentence shall be imposed. Section 13A-12-270 provides:”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 608 So. 2d 420 - Hester v. State · 629 So. 2d 693 - Cunny v. State