Ashby v. State

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge.

In September 1999, Michael Ashby pleaded guilty to two counts of Class B robbery while armed with a deadly weapon 1 under cause number 20D01-9904-CF-90 and to one count of the same offense under cause number 20D01-9903-CF-60. In this belated appeal, Ashby raises two issues, which we consolidate and restate as: whether the trial court erred when it sentenced Ashby to three consecutive twenty-year sentences following his 1999 open guilty plea.

We vacate and remand for resentencing.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In March and April of 1999, the State charged Ashby with three…