Heidelburg v. State

Sherman Heidelburg appeared before the circuit court in December, 1991, to face charges of having violated community control. He admitted certain “technical” violations, in exchange for which the state agreed to a sentence of three and one-half years. A new felony charge was pending, however, and the court deferred sentencing until that case was resolved.

Heidelburg next appeared before the court in April, 1992. The pending felony charge had been dropped; thus the court was ready to impose sentence for the VOCC. Unfortunately, at this juncture in the events Heidelburg was represented by a…