State v. Scott

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

The issue before this Court is whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in holding that the trial judge abused his discretion in denying defendants’ petitions for the suspension of their sentences.

Defendants Scott and Cook, both nineteen years of age, were arrested in January, 1981, on charges of burglary, larceny, and concealing stolen property from the home of the victim Fred Silvey. The trial judge accepted and entered pleas of guilty to second degree burglary and grand larceny from both Scott and Cook. Both defendants were sentenced to not less than three…