Williams v. State

MINER, Judge.

Appellant here pled nolo contendere below to second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the fatal beating of a 22-month-old child entrusted to his care. At the conclusion of a sentencing hearing held on May 30, 1989, the trial court pronounced an upward departure sentence citing the *479victim’s infancy and the fact that appellant was in a position of custodial authority over the helpless child. On Friday, June 2, 1989, three days after the sentencing hearing, the trial judge filed an undated written order containing the same reasons given at the sentencing hearing to support…