Patterson v. State

ERVIN, Chief Judge.

Patterson appeals two sentences which he claims were violative of the sentencing guidelines law. We agree with the first contention raised, asserting that because the record is silent as to whether appellant knowingly and intelligently waived his protection against the imposition of ex post facto laws by selecting guideline sentencing, the sentences must be vacated.

Patterson was charged with the offenses of burglary of a dwelling while arming himself with a dangerous weapon, sexual battery with the use of a deadly weapon upon a person over the age of eleven years, and…