Trial Court Errs by Imposing 20 Kilogram Enhancement

A sentence may be based upon a sentence enhancements that was never alleged in the complaint, information or any amended charges, even if the evidence certainly supports such an enhancement. In the following summary involving transportation of a controlled substance, a twenty kilogram (fifteen years each) sentence enhancement was imposed after the verdict, even when the jury was never asked to find it true. To read a summary of the case, please click on the following link – https://www.greghillassociates.com/trial-court-errs-by-imposing-20-kilogram-enhancement.html.