SHINGLER v. State

In this direct criminal appeal, appellant seeks review of the sentence imposed by the trial court in response to his pro se motion to vacate his life sentence.

A grand jury originally indicted appellant for armed robbery, aggravated battery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, for offenses committed on October 12, 1991. Although charged as an adult, at the time of those offenses appellant was sixteen years of age. Subsequently, appellant pled guilty to the charged offenses and was sentenced to a term of life in prison as a habitual violent felony offender for the armed robbery,…