Brown v. State

This is an appeal by the defendant Kimberly Brown from (a) an order revoking the defendant’s probation, and (b) a sentence of five years imprisonment imposed thereafter. The sole point on appeal is that the five-year sentence was in error because it was based on the defendant’s thirteen misdemeanor convictions for which, it was alleged, the defendant was not represented by counsel; it is urged that if the sentencing guidelines score for these convictions were eliminated, the maximum sentence the defendant could receive under the sentencing guidelines was four and a half-years imprisonment.

We…