Lambert v. State

We vacate appellant’s sentences and remand for resentencing because the trial court failed to comply with sentencing guidelines requirements.

Appellant pled guilty to several crimes, and his guidelines scoresheet established a guidelines sentence of seven to nine years’ incarceration. The court announced its intention to depart from the guidelines. A check list of aggravating circumstances was utilized by the court. Eleven aggravating factors were checked. At the sentencing hearing there was no recital or discussion of the facts and circumstances surrounding the crimes; neither did the trial…