Stinnett v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Chad Allen Stinnett appeals his convictions of burglary. His sole enumeration of error contends the trial court erred by denying him first offender treatment for this crime. Stinnett argues that the trial court improperly refused to exercise its discretion to grant him first offender treatment because he committed a misdemeanor after the offense for which he sought first offender treatment. Held:

Although the trial court, in fact, refused to give Stinnett first offender status because he committed a second offense, Stinnett misconstrues the import of the trial court’s…