State v. Mosher
Annotate this CasePursuant to a plea agreement, Defendant pleaded guilty to felony murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Consistent with the plea agreement, defense counsel and the State requested concurrent sentences. The sentencing judge sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment for the felony-murder conviction and 117 months for the conspiracy conviction. The judge decided not to follow the plea agreement, ordering instead that the sentences be consecutively served. Defendant appealed, arguing that the sentencing judge abused his discretion by not following the parties' recommendation that Defendant’s sentences be served concurrently. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, based on the facts of this case, a reasonable person could agree with the sentencing judge’s conclusion that consecutive sentences were appropriate.
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