State v. Lloyd

This is a sentence review case. Ernest John Lloyd was found guilty by a jury of robbery and battery. The jury also found Lloyd to be a persistent violator of the law, based on the robbery conviction and previous convictions for kidnapping and rape.1 At the time the robbery and battery offenses occurred, Lloyd was on parole, serving two concurrent, twenty-five year sentences which had been imposed for the prior kidnapping and rape convictions. As a result of the robbery and battery offenses, Lloyd’s parole was revoked and he was reincarcerated to continue serving the sentences on the…