Young v. State

SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant, defendant below, was found guilty after a jury trial of vehicular homicide and was sentenced to five years incarceration. He now raises three issues on appeal, only one of which merits discussion.

A sentencing guidelines scoresheet was prepared in this case, reflecting a recommended sentence of community control or twelve to thirty months incarceration. The trial court departed from the recommended sentence, however, and imposed a sentence of five years incarceration, citing the following as the reason for departure:

Defendant’s lengthy record for traffic offenses…