Jones v. State

In 1989 appellant Elizabeth Jones was sentenced to two and one-half years in prison, followed by twelve and one-half years probation. The record reveals multiple violations of probation and community control, both before and after imposition of this split sentence. Finally, in 1991, appellant received the fifteen-year prison sentence from which this appeal is taken.

The present sentence represents a departure from the sentencing guidelines recommendation. As justification for the departure the trial court cited “five violations of probation and community control and the egregiousness of [the]…