Kresler v. State

Sheldon Lewis Kresler pled guilty to two indictments for first degree robbery and was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment on each conviction. The trial judge ordered the two sentences to be served concurrently with each other but consecutive to the unexpired portion of an eighteen-year sentence previously given Kresler in a Montgomery Circuit Court proceeding. On appeal, Kresler claims that the State failed to abide by its negotiated plea agreement with him, and his case should be remanded for resentencing under the terms of the plea bargain.

The record reveals that, prior to the entry of…