State v. Ward

[¶ 1] Stanley L. Ward appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Superior Court (Waldo County, Hjelm, J.) following his guilty plea to a complaint charging him with robbery (Class A), 17-A M.R.S. § 651(1)(C) (2010); kidnapping (Class A), 17-A M.R.S. § 301(1)(A)(3) (2010); and attempted murder (Class A), 17-A M.R.S. § 152(1)(A) (2010). The court imposed concurrent sentences on the kidnapping and attempted murder counts and a consecutive sentence on the robbery count; the resulting aggregate sentence was fifty years, all but forty-five years suspended, with four years of probation,…