Hammett v. State

THOMPSON, C.J.,

In 1996, Allen A. Hammett was charged by amended information with attempted second degree murder,1 sexual battery on a physically helpless person,2 lewd or lascivious act in the presence of a child,3 and unlawful delivery of a cannabis to a minor.4 Hammett entered a negotiated plea in exchange for the State’s recommendation that the trial court sentence him to the low end of the guidelines “regardless of the actual score” to be followed by 10 years probation. The trial court accepted the negotiated plea and Hammett was sentenced to 10.5 years, the minimum guidelines sentence,…