State v. Andrews

The state appeals Telly Lenard Andrews’s departure sentence imposed by the circuit court after a jury trial. Andrews cross-appeals his conviction for aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. We affirm the conviction and reverse the sentence for the imposition of the mandatory minimum sentence required by statute, with appropriate credits for time served.

This was Andrews’s second trial. In his first trial, he was charged with attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer, fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer, and driving while license suspended. A jury found…