Vela v. State

OPINION

MAY, Judge.

Guillermo Vela appeals his convictions after a bench trial of aggravated battery, a Class B felony, 1 and criminal confinement, a Class B felony. 2 He raises three issues, which we consolidate 3 and restate as:

1. Whether he was sentenced correctly in light of Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 LEd.2d 403 (2004), reh'g denied 542 U.S. 961, 125 S.Ct. 21, 159 L.Ed.2d 851 (2004); and

2. Whether his guilty verdicts were so contradictory and irreconcilable with those of his two co-defendants that his convictions must be corrected.

We affirm in part, vacate in…