State of Tennessee v. Charles Orlando Fields

The defendant, Charles Orlando Fields, was indicted for one count of selling one-half gram or more of cocaine within one thousand feet of a school, a Class A felony, and one count of distributing one-half gram or more of cocaine within one thousand feet of a school, a Class A felony. An Obion County Circuit Court jury convicted him of both counts. The trial court merged the distributing cocaine conviction into the selling cocaine conviction and sentenced the defendant as a Range II, multiple offender to thirty-three years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The defendant appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction and that his sentence is excessive. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.