State v. Hall

WALLACE, Judge.

The State appeals Tressie Hall’s sentences in two cases following her no contest plea and argues that the circuit court erred in imposing downward departure sentences. We agree, and we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

At a pretrial hearing, Ms. Hall offered to plead no contest to two counts of grand theft in exchange for sentences of forty-eight months’ imprisonment. 1 The State noted that Ms. Hall’s minimum permissible sentence was 66.1 months’ imprisonment with a maximum possible sentence of ten years’ imprisonment. The circuit judge asked whether there were any…