A sentence of eight years imprisonment with parole eligibility at one-third for trafficking in methylamphetamine and ecstasy over 10 months, involving transactions in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, is within the appropriate range even for a first offender, particularly where the offender continued the business after arrest and release on bail. An applicant's own inactivity in filing appeal documents is not excused by a family member's failure to find a lawyer.
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