Court Opinion

ID: 9773543
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 17:49:02.430822+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:54.917625
License: Public Domain

MAY, Judge,
concurring in result.
I do not share Judge Crone’s position that Farmer and Roney misapplied precedent and should not be followed; I believe the reasoning in those decisions is sound and that they are directly applicable to Bethea’s sentencing. I therefore agree with the dissent that the sentencing court should not have circumvented Bethea’s plea agreement by enhancing his sentence based on conduct that was the subject of charges the State had dismissed in order to obtain Bethea’s guilty plea.
However, I believe there were sufficient proper aggravators before the sentencing court to permit Bethea’s sentence despite the Farmer/Roney violation. I therefore respectfully concur in the result.