State v. Sims

¶1 Our state constitution provides a right of direct appeal in criminal cases. Const. art. I, § 22. Here, Jack Irvin Sims sought to exercise his right of appeal by challenging only a particular condition of his sentence; he *439does not challenge his underlying conviction or the main components of his sentence. The State conceded that the specific sentencing condition that Sims challenged was unconstitutional and then argued that every part of Sims’s sentence should be revoked and remanded to the trial court for reconsideration. To grant the State’s request would constitute undue affirmative…