State v. Murray-Burns
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The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the series of consecutive sentences imposed by the trial court upon Appellant's guilty pleas to ten counts of aggravated attempted murder and other crimes, holding that the trial court did not make the factual findings required for the imposition of consecutive sentences.
Appellant pleaded guilty to ten counts of aggravated attempted murder, one count of robbery, one count of failure to stop, and one count of theft. The trial court sentenced Appellant to an aggregate of 225 years of incarceration, with no less than thirty years to be served. The State later agreed that the sentence imposed was unlawful. The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the sentences, holding that the court imposed consecutive sentences without making the required findings and providing the required explanation for each conviction, in violation of Me. Rev. Stat. 17-A, 1608(1).
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