Ware v. State

Receiving stolen property; fifteen years' imprisonment.

Appellant pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property, a shotgun, earlier the subject of a burglary. The trial judge proceeded through the colloquy as required by Boykin, denied the appellant's application for youthful offender status and sentenced him as an habitual offender to fifteen years. This appeal was taken from the court's denial of youthful offender treatment, alleging an abuse of discretion.

Appellant requested youthful offender treatment for the first time at the sentencing hearing. Appellant admitted three prior felony…