Ray v. Payne (Majority)
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The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus in which he argued that the circuit court erred by not finding that the trial court's impermissible stacking of two statutes resulted in double-penalty enhancement, holding that the sentencing order was incomplete.
Appellant pled guilty to third-degree domestic battery and was sentenced as a habitual offender to 144 months' imprisonment. Appellant later brought this habeas petition, alleging that the trial court impermissibly stacked two penalty-enhancement statutes when he was sentenced for felony domestic battery. The circuit court denied the petition. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the circuit court's decision regarding the facial validity of the sentencing order was erroneous because the trial court did not enter a complete sentencing order.
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