Atchison v. State

Olly Neal, Judge.

Appellant, Donald (Don) O. Atchison, Jr., appeals from a sentence given by the trial court following his guilty plea to one count of sexual abuse in the first degree and a plea of nolo contendere to one count of arson. After reviewing a presentence report and the sentencing ranges found in Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-401 (Repl. 1996), the trial court sentenced Atchison to ten years’ imprisonment for sexual abuse in the first degree and five years’ imprisonment for arson with the sentences to be served consecutively. On appeal, Atchison contends that during the sentencing phase of…