Bates v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of unrelated charges of Robbery pursuant to a plea agreement. This direct appeal presents two issues:(1) Whether the trial court erred in sentencing the defendant.(2) Whether the trial court erred with respect to its determination of “good time” credits toward the defendant’s sentence.

ISSUE I

In 1976, pursuant to a plea bargain, Defendant pled guilty to a count of Robbery, Cause No. 844. Cause No. 843, an unrelated count of Robbery, was dismissed. He was sentenced to ten (10) years imprisonment.

On December 21, 1979, the trial court granted…