People v. Bloom

Opinion by

Judge MILLER.

Defendant, George David Bloom, appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to second degree kidnapping of a robbery victim and a crime of violence sentence enhancer count. Having reviewed the record and the opening brief, we conclude that the case is appropriate for summary disposition without an answer brief and dismiss the appeal.

The parties agreed that defendant's prison sentence would not exceed forty years, which amounted to an agreement that he would be sentenced to between sixteen and forty years. Absent the agreed-upon cap, defendant could have been…