State v. Imfeld

OPINION

in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

The defendant entered guilty pleas to five counts of aggravated assault and was sentenced to three years for each conviction. 1 The trial court ordered three of the sentences for aggravated assault to be served consecutively, for an effective sentence of nine years. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed.

We granted permission to appeal to address three issues: (1) whether the trial court properly enhanced the defendant’s sentences for aggravated assault on the basis…