Ansley v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Shelly Ansley pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal trespass arising from an incident at the Days Inn in Waycross. Her plea was submitted without a sentence recommendation. After conducting a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Ansley to six months in jail. She appeals, enumerating as error the trial court’s consideration of certain testimony of the hotel owner.

Sam Patel, owner of the Days Inn and two other Waycross hotels, testified at the hearing that on several prior occasions he had ordered appellant to depart from the premises of two of his hotels because he…