Coleman v. State

Defendant Larry Coleman appeals his enhanced sentence following a violation of probation. We affirm.

Coleman pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and was sentenced to time served followed by one year probation. Eight months into his probationary period, the trial court determined he had violated his probation. Using Coleman’s original sentencing scoresheet, the court sentenced the defendant to four and one-half years in prison. That sentence was a two-cell “bump up” from the recommended range of twelve to thirty months, and a one-cell “bump up” from the…