Court partially allowed appeal, increasing one sentence to seven years while remanding another for retrial.

The appellate court partially upheld the appeal against a joint sentencing judgment, increasing the term for one defendant to seven years while remanding the case for another defendant for a retrial. The prosecution argued for a harsher penalty, while the defense sought leniency based on procedural errors and factual inaccuracies regarding the second defendant. The court found merit in the prosecution's request to combine and increase the sentence for the first defendant but identified a need for a fresh examination of the second defendant's charges.