White v. State

Appellant Bobby White faced criminal charges in five separate cases. Two eases involved felonies and were prosecuted in circuit court, while the remaining three, all theft-related misdemeanors, originated in county court. None of the offenses was connected in any way to the others. A single circuit judge, by stipulation of the parties, orally consolidated all five eases, accepted a no contest plea, and disposed of them at one hearing. The sentence represented the bottom of the guidelines “cell” (“time served” for the misdemeanors), and included a reduction of one charge from dealing in stolen…