State v. Calvert

John Calvert pleaded guilty to one count of residential burglary and five counts of forgery. He contends on appeal that the pleas were not made voluntarily because he suffered a concussion when hit on the head with a baseball bat nine days earlier. The State cross-appeals the calculation of Mr. Calvert’s offender score and the imposition of an exceptional sentence downward. We affirm.

Sometime in April 1993, Mr. Calvert’s ex-wife, Kennie, stole a checkbook from her mother’s home and began forging checks' on it. In about a week’s time,' Mr. Calvert deposited several of these checks in an…