State v. Doucette

The issue presented by this interlocutory appeal is whether the use of evidence of alleged prior criminal conduct by the State to enhance a criminal defendant’s sentence effectively results in the granting of charge immunity to the defendant as to such alleged prior criminal conduct. We hold that it does not.

Defendant was convicted of aiding in the concealment of stolen property. At the sentencing hearing, the State offered evidence of other alleged prior criminal conduct on the part of defendant. This alleged conduct included charges which were then pending against defendant. The trial court…