McCall v. State

COBB, Judge.

Travis McCall appeals a 30-year sentence imposed for second-degree murder, which represented a three-cell departure from the presumptive guideline sentence.

The trial court delineated his reasons for departure in writing, as follows:

1. The defendant McCall used excessive force causing the victim to die a lingering death — crushing the victim’s head three or four times with concrete blocks and hitting the victim in the face with a board.

2. After the victim was dead or near death, the defendant, McCall, committed sexual battery on the victim by penetrating the victim’s anus with a…