Wells v. State

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Stephen Lewis Wells appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea, asserting that the trial court erroneously sentenced him to eight years on a single count of Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Causing Serious Bodily Injury,1 a Class D felony. Wells argues that the sentence must be set aside because an eight-year term on one class D felony exceeds the maximum penalty authorized by law.

Wells also contends that the sentence was inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and his character, and that the trial court failed to give…