Lawrence v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant seeks reversal of an order denying, for lack of jurisdiction, his two motions for reduction of sentence. He presents two arguments on appeal; we reject both and affirm the trial court’s order.

I

Appellant was arrested for robbery while on parole after a prior conviction of armed robbery. He entered a plea of guilty to the new charge and was sentenced on June 7, 1983, to a prison term of two to six years. On June 16 he filed a motion for reduction of sentence, based largely on his own good behavior in prison since his arrest. He filed a second motion on June 22,…