State v. Bayliss

OPINION

LACAGNINA, Judge.

In this case, Paul Norman Bayliss, released on his own recognizance on a trafficking in stolen property charge, failed to appear and was tried and convicted in absentia, with a true finding as to three prior felony convictions. After Bayliss was apprehended, the court sentenced him to a presumptive term of 11.25 years and made it consecutive to the sentences being served on the prior convictions.

Bayliss appeals, arguing error by the trial court in its use of the prior convictions for sentence enhancement. Specifically, he argues the court erred:

1. By failing to strike…