Hayes v. Commonwealth
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court sentencing Defendant to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in connection with his conviction for murder, robbery in the first degree, and tampering with physical evidence, holding that there was no error in the sentence.
Defendant entered an open guilty plea to the charges against him and then appealed his sentence. At issue was whether Defendant could subsequently appeal on the grounds that his statutorily-authorized sentence should be reversed because there was inadequate consideration given to mitigation evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Defendant waived his right to appeal his sentence; and (2) even if the trial court's sentencing decision were subject to review, the trial court did not err when sentencing Defendant.
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