McDonald v. State

OPINION

KIRSCH, Chief Judge.

Aaron D. McDonald (“McDonald”) appeals the sentence he received following his guilty plea to murder, 1 conspiracy to commit murder, 2 a Class A felony, and criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon, 3 a Class B felony. McDonald raises three issues, which we restate as:

I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in the manner in which it considered and applied aggrava-tors and mitigators during sentencing.

II. Whether McDonald’s sentence is appropriate based on the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.

III. Whether the trial judge…