Debose v. State

Arthur Debose appeals the judgment and sentence finding him guilty of one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of kidnapping and sentencing him to life in prison with a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years on the murder count and to 40 years in prison on each of the kidnapping counts, with all of the terms running consecutively.

We find error only in the consecutive running of the sentences, which the State properly concedes constitutes a sentencing guideline departure for which no written reasons were provided. Because the record reflects that the trial court did not realize…