State v. Huggins

SCHOONOVER, Judge.

The state has appealed from a guidelines sentence imposed upon appellee, Claude Andrew Huggins. We find that the trial court erred in departing downward from the presumptive sentence indicated by the guidelines scoresheet, and we, accordingly, reverse and remand for resentencing within the guidelines.

Huggins and a codefendant were originally charged with sexual battery, strong armed robbery, and aggravated battery. The state offered both of them an opportunity to plead to reduced charges. The co-defendant accepted the state’s offer and after pleading to reduced charges was…