Norwood v. State

*439OPINION

By the Court,

Shearing, J.:

Appellant Carlos Norwood broke into an apartment occupied by two men, hit one victim, Donald Smith, on the head to subdue him, and took Smith’s money from his pocket. Norwood then went into the bedroom and stole Smith’s gun. One of Norwood’s accomplices shot the other victim, Paul Rivera, in the shoulder. A jury convicted Norwood of robbery with use of a deadly weapon, burglary, and battery.

At Norwood’s sentencing hearing, the State and defense counsel agreed that Norwood should receive a sentence of seven years for the robbery plus seven years for the deadly…