State v. Archibeque

OPINION

EASLEY, Chief Justice.

Defendant Archibeque was convicted of commercial burglary and sentenced to one to five years in the penitentiary. After he had begun serving this sentence the State filed a supplemental information charging Archibeque as an habitual offender, based on four prior felony convictions. Archibeque was convicted in this proceeding, whereupon the trial court vacated the sentence on the principal offense and imposed a life sentence. Archibeque appeals. We affirm.

We inquire: (1) whether the trial court’s vacating of the lesser sentence and resentencing violated the…