McGlocking v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Jedadiah Edward McGlocking was eighteen years old when he was sentenced to 124 months imprisonment for armed robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon, an additional two years imprisonment for escape, and thirty years on probation for kidnapping. The court orally announced that he would “recommend that as to both of these sentences you be treated as a youthful offender.” This recommendation was also included in the written sentence.

McGlocking contends on appeal that the court erred when it “sentenced” him as a youthful offender to a term in excess of that permitted by section…