State v. Lunsford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for an evidentiary hearing to convert his preguidelines sentences to guidelines sentences.

The defendant, John R. Lunsford, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated arson and two counts of voluntary manslaughter in 1979.

The defendant was sentenced pursuant to the statutes in effect at the time of the offense. He was sentenced to 5 to 20 years for each of the voluntaiy manslaughter convictions and to 15 years to life for the aggravated arson conviction. The sentences were…