State v. Puckett

WELLS, Judge.

In his first argument, defendant contends that the trial judge erred in three ways: by using the same evidence to support two aggravating factors, by relying on defendant’s mental condition as an aggravating factor when there was no showing that the illness would last beyond the presumptive jail term, and by failing to notify defendant that the judge was considering using defendant’s mental condition as an aggravating factor. On appeal

‘[t]here is a presumption that the judgment of a court is valid and just. The burden is upon appellant to show error amounting to a denial of some…