State v. Mahler

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

In this post-conviction proceeding appellant challenges the sentence which he received after pleading guilty to the offense of murder in the second degree. He had been indicted for murder in the first degree on October 23, 1983. Appointed counsel thoroughly investigated the case and repeatedly sought to strike a plea bargain agreement with the District Attorney General. Finally on March 21, 1984, appellant entered a guilty plea to murder in the second degree with an agreed sentence of fifty years in the penitentiary as a Range II aggravated offender. As a part of the…