Williams v. State

CARDINE, Justice.

Appellants Henry Williams, Steven Harrison and Steve Garcia appeal from the denial of their respective motions for sentence reduction pursuant to Rule 36; W.R. Cr.P. 1 We affirm.

The question presented to us, as stated by appellants, is

“Whether a trial court has jurisdiction to reduce a previously-imposed sentence beneath a legislatively-mandated minimum term.”

Appellant Garcia was convicted of second degree murder in violation of § 6-4-104, W.S.1977, 2 and sentenced to a term of not less than twenty years, the statutory minimum, nor more than twenty-seven years in the state…