State v. Davis

OPINION

Opinion by:

CATHERINE STONE, Chief Justice.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in modifying a judgment of conviction and sentence thirty-five days after the trial court imposed the original sentence. The appeal is premised on the State’s contention that the motion for reconsideration or reduction in sentence filed by appellee, Caleb Davis, was untimely and cannot be construed as a motion for new trial or motion in arrest of judgment. Because we conclude that Davis’s timely motion for reconsideration is the equivalent of a motion for new trial, we…