Adams v. State

DELL, Judge.

Edward Adams contends that the trial court incorrectly sentenced him after he pled no contest to aggravated battery. He asserts that the trial court erred when it departed from the sentencing guidelines based on reasons already included in the score sheet and when it utilized an inaccurate score sheet for sentencing.

After a pre-sentence investigation, the victim’s injury was scored as “moderate.” The prosecution and the Department of Corrections recommended a guidelines sentence of 40.5 months incarceration. The trial court departed and imposed a ten-year sentence followed by five…