Court Opinion

ID: 9572801
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:44:42.775406+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:34:20.734650
License: Public Domain

*304Boyle, J.
I concur in the result for the following reasons.
(1) I cannot ignore the fact that the defendant did not object to application of the second edition of the guidelines at her sentencing, nor did she file any postsentencing motions in the trial court. Thus, she failed to properly preserve the error for appellate review. The failure of appellate courts to apply the raise-or-waive requirement invites appeals on the basis of afterthought, increases the costs of, and the burden on, appellate courts to correct errors that might have been remedied if brought to the attention of the trial court, and undermines the standard of practice of trial attorneys.
(2) The sentencing guidelines are not statutory enactments and do not have the force and effect of law. Thus, the Ex Post Facto Clause is not implicated.