State v. Santos T.

Opinion

The issue in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing the defendant, Santos T., to fifteen years of incarceration followed by ten years of special parole after it found that he had violated his probation. We conclude that the court’s sentence did not constitute an abuse of discretion and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following facts and procedural history are relevant to our resolution of the defendant’s appeal. On November 13, 2001, the defendant pleaded nolo conten-dere to two counts of sexual assault in the first degree in…