Hollen v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Although the Court of Appeals affirmed Defendant Howard O. Hollen's convictions and sentence, the State requests that we disapprove language in the opinion of Court of Appeals. We agree with the State that a trial court need not assign specific weight to each aggravating and mitigating circumstance. But we also agree with the Court of Appeals that such weighting can assist appellate review where the trial court has improperly employed one or more aggravating cireum-stances.

Background

Defendant in this case was convicted of Battery of a Law Enforcement…