Oxford v. State

Ryan Saige Oxford was convicted by a Sebastian County Circuit Court jury of second-degree murder and seven counts of terroristic acts, one of which resulted in death, and the jury recommended concurrent sentences.1 However, the circuit court sentenced him consecutively for a total *84term of 936 months' imprisonment.2 On appeal, Oxford claims that the circuit court abused its discretion by ordering his sentences to run consecutively when the jury did not recommend it. We affirm.

Oxford was originally charged by criminal information in connection with the shooting death of Justin Lopez. It was…