State v. Simons

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

Verna Simons pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. She was sentenced to the custody of the board of correction for an indeterminate ten-year period. On appeal, she raises two issues: (1) whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Simons’ postsentence motion to withdraw her plea; and (2) whether the ten-year indeterminate sentence was an abuse of the court’s sentencing discretion. We hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in either respect. We affirm.

On an evening in January, 1984, Verna Simons left the house she shared with J.D.…