Burge v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

SHIVERS, Judge.

We grant appellant Burge’s motion for rehearing, vacate the prior opinion, and substitute the following:

Burge originally appealed his conviction and sentence of life imprisonment plus five years for armed robbery and possession of drugs. The trial court departed from the recommended guidelines sentence of 17 to 22 years based on the following reasons:(1) Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the conviction of the armed robbery charge plus five years consecutive for the possession of drug charges. Defendant lived in Alabama and apparently…