State v. Alexander

The state challenges the validity of the sentence imposed against appellee Zachary M. Alexander pursuant to his arraignment plea. We affirm.

In open court, the state filed a three count information charging Alexander with burglary of an unoccupied structure, petit theft, and possession of burglary tools. At the time, the prosecutor made an oral representation to the court that Alexander was a “Gort, violent career criminal” 1 and requested that the case be set for trial. The prosecutor did not, however, file any written notice of the state’s intent to seek an enhanced sentence under the “Gort…