Shields v. State

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On April 8, 2005, Desmond Shields pleaded guilty to manslaughter and robbery. Pursuant to a plea bargain, Shields was sentenced to twenty and fifteen years, respectively, and the sentences were ordered to be served consecutively.

¶ 2. On May 5, 2010, Shields filed in the circuit court a “Motion For a Modification of Sentence.” The motion contended that Shields had not actually been involved in the robbery of the victim. It claimed that this fact had been established at the trials of the other participants in the crime. Shields’s motion requested that the…