Edmonds v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether, in instances where a defendant is being sentenced for two or more crimes, the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Blakely v. Washington affects a sentencing judge’s authority under pre-2004 Aaska law — that is, under former AS 12.55.025(e) and (g) — to impose consecutive sentences exceeding the prescribed presumptive term for the defendant’s most serious offense. Under those former sentencing statutes, a sentencing judge’s authority to impose consecutive sentences did not rest on proof of aggravating factors or…