State v. Pardee

Defendant was convicted of two counts of rape in the first degree, four counts of sodomy in the first degree, two counts of unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree, and three counts of sexual abuse in the first degree. He was sentenced to a total of400 months’ incarceration followed by lifetime post-prison supervision (PPS). Some of that sentence was based on concurrent sentences of 300 months’ incarceration plus lifetime PPS on the rape, sodomy, and sexual penetration counts—mandatory sentences required by statute. On appeal, defendant argues that those mandatory sentences are…