Heathcock v. State

OPINION

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ. COATS, Judge.

James Heathcock pled guilty to a charge of forgery in the second degree, AS 11.46.-505(a)(1). He was charged with forging a check for $550. He appeared in front of Superior Court Judge Douglas J. Serdahely for sentencing. Although Heathcock had formerly been convicted of two prior felonies, burglary in a dwelling and issuing a check without funds, the state stipulated thát, for purposes of presumptive sentencing, Heathcock’s two prior felonies should *1156be viewed as a single prior conviction.1 In light of that stipulation,…