State v. Jefferson

OPINION OF THE COURT

MARGARITA ESQUIROZ, Circuit Judge.

WRITTEN STATEMENT DELINEATING REASONS FOR DEPARTURE FROM GUIDELINES SENTENCE

The Defendant was tried and found guilty by a jury of the crimes of aggravated assault and grand theft. He was acquitted of burglary of an occupied conveyance, robbery, and resisting officer with violence to his person in the same trial. At the sentencing hearing, the Court heard argument and gave the state and the defense the opportunity to present evidence in aggravation and in mitigation of the sentence recommended by the sentencing guidelines. Having fully…