State v. Anderson
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to distribution of a schedule I or II substance and possession of a controlled substance. On the possession charge, the circuit court departed from presumptive probation and imposed a sentence of four years in the penitentiary, with two years suspended. Defendant appealed, arguing that her sentence for a term of imprisonment violated her constitutional right to a jury trial because the court departed from presumptive probation based on facts that were neither found by a jury nor submitted by Defendant. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the sentencing court appropriately sentenced Defendant.
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