Pennington v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case involves a Rule 37 proceeding in which the appellant’s application for correction of illegal sentence was denied by the trial court. Appellant raises two arguments on appeal: 1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel, and 2) the state failed to honor his plea agreement. We affirm.

Appellant was charged with a total of seven counts of burglary and seven counts of theft of property. In return for the state recommending that he be sentenced for twenty years for burglary and five years for theft of property, the appellant pleaded guilty to all the charges. The…