State v. Caudle
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Defendant pled guilty to reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and theft of merchandise over five hundred dollars. The trial court sentenced Defendant as a Range II, multiple offender to three years on each count to be served concurrently. On appeal, Defendant argued that the trial court erred by failing to apply certain mitigating factors and by failing to grant probation or an alternative sentence. The court of criminal appeals, after declining to review the sentences because Defendant had failed to provide a transcript of the hearing on the guilty pleas, affirmed based upon a presumption that the evidence was sufficient to support the sentences. After granting an appeal because of conflicting opinions by the court of criminal appeals as to whether the absence of a transcript of a guilty plea submission hearing precludes appellate review on the merits, the Supreme Court ordered that the record be supplemented. The Court then affirmed the judgment of the trial court, holding that the record was adequate for a meaningful review of the sentences either with or without the transcript of the hearing on the guilty pleas, and Defendant was not entitled to relief.
Court Description: Authoring Judge: Chief Justice Gary R. Wade
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