Gross v. State

In this appeal of his convictions and sentences for burglary while armed and grand theft, appellant asserts as error the trial court’s failure to conduct a Richardson1 hearing and the imposition of a sentence for grand theft exceeding the statutory maximum. We affirm as to the Richardson issue, *579but reverse for correction of the sentence for grand theft.

Appellant and three eodefendants were charged with the offenses of burglary and grand theft. Two days before appellant’s trial, the prosecutor noticed in one of the eodefendant’s files a sheet of paper revealing that one of the investigating…