Court Opinion

ID: 9785453
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 21:46:06.067628+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:36:24.796648
License: Public Domain

LUMPKIN, Presiding Judge:
Concur in Part/Dissent in Part.
T1 I concur in the Court's decision to affirm the conviction in this case but I must dissent to the modification of sentence. The Appellant fled the state prior to the filing of charges and remained in Florida for an extended period of time. Appellant's bail was set to address his flight risk and it is inaceu-rate to say his jail time was extended solely because of his indigency. If he had not fled to Florida, he more likely than not would have been released on his own recognizance or a minimum amount of bail. The facts do not support an exception to the rule in this case and the sentence should be affirmed as imposed.