State of Tennessee v. Karl Daniel Forss

The Appellant, Karl Daniel Forss, appeals the sentencing decision of the Cocke County Circuit Court. Under the terms of a plea agreement, Forss entered “open” pleas of guilty to the offenses of attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, and aggravated criminal trespass. The plea  agreement provided that the length and manner of the sentences would be determined by the trial court, that Forss would be sentenced as a Range I, standard offender, that the aggravated assault conviction would merge with the attempted aggravated robbery conviction, and that the misdemeanor sentence for the aggravated criminal trespass conviction would run concurrently with the attempted aggravated robbery conviction. Following the sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed an effective sentence of six years in confinement. Forss now appeals the length and manner of his six-year felony sentence. After a thorough review of the record and the arguments of the parties, we modify Forss’ six-year sentence for attempted aggravated robbery to reflect a sentence of four years. We affirm the denial of alternative sentencing. We remand to the trial court for entry of an amended judgment to reflect this sentencing modification.