State v. Halk

HOFF, Judge.

Virgil Halk (Defendant) appeals the judgment entered pursuant to his jury conviction for two counts of first degree robbery and two counts of armed criminal action. The trial court sentenced him as a prior and persistent offender to concurrent terms of twenty-five years of imprisonment for each count.

Defendant does not dispute the sufficiency of the evidence to convict him. On direct appeal, his sole point argues that the trial court erred in sentencing him as a persistent offender. The State agrees. The information in question charged Defendant only as a prior offender for a…