Cannon v. State

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Eddie Cannon appeals from his conviction for Operating a Motor Vehicle after License Forfeited for Life, 1 a class C felony, and from the five-year sentence imposed by the trial court. In particular, Cannon contends that the trial court erred in: (1) admitting evidence of the police stop of Cannon in violation of the state and federal constitutions; and (2) sentencing him to an enhanced term of incarceration while impermissibly relying on ex parte communications with another judge, violating the rule announced in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124…