State v. Varnell

Clark E. Varnell appeals the denial of his postconviction relief motion which challenged the trial judge's sentencing procedure. Finding no error in the judge's having formulated a tentative sentence prior to formal sentencing, we affirm.

Varnell is not a stranger to this court. In 1985, Var-nell pled guilty to one count of delivery of a controlled substance, repeater; one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, repeater; and two counts of aiding and abetting the delivery of a controlled substance, repeater. His sentence, the maximum allowed, totaled forty-one years in prison and $55,000…