Law v. State

HARRIS, Chief Judge.

In 1988, Efrem D. Law shot Tarsha Anderson, then sixteen and an honors student, three times in the head leaving her in a vegetative state.

Law pled nolo contendere in exchange for the State filing a nol pros on a separate shooting charge and for a sentencing cap of fifty years. Law reserved the right to appeal an improper departure. His scoresheet recommended a sentencing range of twelve to seventeen years. The court departed from the recommended range and sentenced Law to the Department of Corrections for a period of fifty years.1 The judge’s stated reasons are in the…