Tew v. State

RAY, Judge.

Ian David Tew pled guilty to the offense of statutory rape.1 He appeals the trial court’s ruling that he was not legally eligible for first offender treatment. Because the trial court did not err in finding that the law did not permit Tew to be sentenced as a first offender, we affirm.

Tew was indicted on nine counts,2 including one count of statutory rape,3 based upon a sexual encounter that occurred when Tew was 22 years old and the victim was 14 years old. On April 18, 2012, Tew entered a plea of guilty to statutory rape, admitting that he picked the victim up from her house,…