State v. Barnes

Eugene Leroy Barnes was charged by the prosecutor for Bonner County with first degree murder. The information later was amended to allege that Barnes was an accessory, under I.C. § 18-205, upon Barnes’ agreement to plead guilty to the amended charge.1 The district court approved the filing of the amended charge, accepted Barnes’ plea of guilty, entered a judgment of conviction and sentenced Barnes to the custody of the Board of Correction for a fixed, two-year period, with credit for 227 days previously served in the county jail.2 On appeal, Barnes contends that the district court abused its…