Dorsey v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Jim Dorsey guilty of felony escape, and the trial court imposed a ten-year sentence. 1 2 Contesting the legal definition of the term “conviction” utilized at his trial, Dorsey filed this appeal. After applying the. controlling law to these most unique facts, we reverse the judgment, vacate the sentence, and remand for resentencing.

On May 5, 1998, Dorsey pleaded guilty to charges under Indictment No. 97R506, those being, burglary, four counts of entering an auto, financial transaction card fraud, and two counts of financial transaction card theft.…