State v. Billington

Lewis, J.:

Defendant Gale W. Billington pled nolo contendere to two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count of forgery. This plea was made as a result of an agreement in which the State agreed to recommend concurring sentences and further agreed to recommend that defendant be placed on probation through community corrections. The State stood by its representations but, at sentencing, the trial court refused to impose the sentences recommended by the parties and, instead, imposed an upward dispositional departure. Defendant appeals from the sentences imposed.

Defendant first…