State v. Freeman

Michael Owen Freeman appeals his sentence for first degree assault and first degree robbery, contending, inter alia, that the trial court erred by failing to find that the crimes merged for sentencing purposes, thereby placing him in double jeopardy. He also contends that the trial court erred by failing to treat the convictions as the same criminal conduct for purposes of calculating his offender score. We reject these and Freeman’s remaining contentions and affirm the judgment and sentence.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In the early morning hours of October 29, 2001, Javon Pitchford telephoned a woman…