State v. Phillips
Annotate this CaseAppellant shot the Miguel Moya after robbing two people at gunpoint at the same house. A jury convicted Appellant of first-degree felony murder, two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, and criminal possession of a firearm. Appellant was sentenced to life in prison, with a mandatory minimum of twenty years and lifetime postrelease supervision for the felony murder conviction. Appellant raised five issues on appeal. The Supreme Court decided all issues against Appellant except his sentencing argument, holding that the trial court erred in sentencing Appellant to lifetime postrelease supervision rather than to a term with the possibility of parole, and accordingly, this portion of Appellant's sentence was vacated.
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