Trafficking in cocaine involving the conduct of a small but growing business will ordinarily attract a sentence of imprisonment, but a properly-conditioned community correction order of lengthy duration is within the range of sentencing options available where there is compelling evidence of rehabilitation and no relevant criminal history. In the absence of strong mitigating factors, imprisonment is very likely for such offending.
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