State v. Yount
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The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court finding Defendant to be a dangerous offender and remanded the case for resentencing, holding that the State failed to plead all essential facts and introduce evidence establishing sufficient facts to warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that Defendant was a dangerous offender.
A jury found Defendant guilty of four counts of second-degree burglary and sentenced him to a total of thirty years' imprisonment. On appeal, Defendant argued that the circuit court committed plain error in finding that he was a dangerous offender. The Supreme Court agreed and reversed Defendant's sentences, holding that the circuit court plainly erred in sentencing Defendant to sentences greater than the maximum authorized by law, resulting in manifest injustice.
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