Pfeil v. State
Annotate this CaseIn 1997, Appellant pleaded guilty to one count of second degree murder. In 2013, Appellant filed a pro se “Motion for Withdrawal of Plea, and/or Correction/Reduction of an Illegal Sentence.” The district court granted in part and denied in part Appellant’s request to correct an illegal sentence. Specifically, the court concluded that a provision of Appellant’s sentence that required him to repay the costs of his presentence confinement in county jail was illegal and vacated it, but the court denied the remainder of Appellant’s claims. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court (1) correctly ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to address Appellant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea even though it found an illegal assessment included in his original sentence; (2) properly ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to consider, in a motion to correct an illegal sentence, how Appellant’s sentence was being administered; and (3) properly ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to consider Appellant’s motion to reduce his sentence.
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