State v. James

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

The case comes from Roane County. The defendant, Ronald Lin James, was found guilty on eight charges of uttering a forged instrument, and eight charges of forgery, four counts of each offense over $200, and four counts under $200. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one (1) year on each of the eight counts under $200, for three (3) years on each of four counts over $200, and six (6) years on the remaining four counts over $200. The trial court ordered some of the sentences to be served concurrently, and some consecutively, effectively sentencing defendant to fourteen…