Ducksworth v. State

The defendant, Jerry Lavone Ducks-worth, appeals his life sentence, arguing that the trial court imposed a vindictive sentence. We affirm.

In 1999, the defendant was charged with one count of robbery with a deadly weapon and one count of aggravated assault. At the time of the charged offenses, the defendant was on probation, and therefore, the State filed an affidavit of probation violation, seeking to revoke the defendant’s probation.

At a pretrial hearing conducted on October 2, 2000, the State informed the trial court that the defendant scored eleven to nineteen years on the violation of…