Beasley v. State

OPINION

SUDDOCK, Judge.

Pursuant to a plea agreement for open sentencing on a single count of possession of child pornography, Ronnie J. Beasley II received a sentence of 6 years with 3 years suspended. He now contends that as a youthful offender with no prior record, a history of post-arrest cooperation, and an endorsement of good rehabilitative prospects in his presentence report, he merited a statutory minimum sentence of 4 years with 2 years suspended. We conclude that Beasley's sentence was within the broad discretion of the trial court,. But in light of the State's concession that five…