State v. Bradford

After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of capital murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and two counts of felony theft. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions but remanded for resentencing. On remand, the district court sentenced Defendant to life with a mandatory minimum term of forty years for his capital murder conviction and 238 months on his remaining convictions. Defendant appealed, arguing that his sentence was illegal because the underlying convictions were multiplicitous. The district court denied the motion. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the issue raised in Defendant’s motion was not a sentencing matter but, rather, a collateral attack on his convictions, and the issue was improper when raised in a motion to correct an illegal sentence. View "State v. Bradford" on Justia Law