Court Opinion

ID: 9723212
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 10:07:03.560617+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:45.650048
License: Public Domain

CHEZEM, Judge,
concurring.
I concur with the Majority in its discussion of collateral estoppel. While I also agree that the trial judge was statutorily bound to state reasons for the enhancement of the sentence, this is a situation where substance should prevail over form. The reason for enhancement is evident in the record and the trial judge will only be restating the obvious. The sentence imposed was entirely suspended and, thus, unless Wileox violates the terms of his suspension, the point seems to be moot. It is only when judges fail to give reasons for sentences not suspended but enhanced that such a reversal and remand begins to make sense.