State v. Jolivet

The defendant was charged with and pleaded guilty to aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, aggravated robbery, rape, and forcible sodomy, all first degree felonies which arose from a single episode on December 6, 1984. Receiving the defendant’s plea of guilty on all offenses, the trial court sentenced him to two consecutive terms of ten years to life on the aggravated sexual assault and the aggravated kidnapping charges. 1 The defendant argues that the imposition of two consecutive sentences was excessive because the aggravated kidnapping was merely incident to the aggravated…