Opinion ID: 2446852
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Heading: Jenkins' Federal Conviction Claim

Text: Jenkins contends that the judge must have based his sentencing decision on Jenkins' earlier federal conviction, because the judge did not expressly reject the prosecutor's argument based on the prior federal conviction. This claim is unfounded. The State told the trial court that Jenkins had a previous federal conviction for drug trafficking, but Jenkins was actually convicted of credit card fraud. The record shows that Jenkins himself corrected the State when it misspoke. At the time of sentencing, therefore, the sentencing judge was fully aware that Jenkins had actually been convicted for credit card fraud, and not federal drug trafficking. Although Jenkins argues that the sentencing judge did not expressly reject the State's inaccurate statement, there is no record evidence that the judge based his decision on it either. Jenkins has failed to show that the sentencing judge's decision was plain error.