Adams v. State

Timothy Adams appeals an amended sentencing order. We affirm.

Defendant-appellant Adams was charged with first degree murder and other crimes. Pursuant to a plea bargain, the homicide charge was reduced to second degree murder, with the sentencing to be left up to the trial court. During the plea colloquy, the defendant was advised that on the second degree murder charge, the maximum sentence was life imprisonment as a habitual violent felony offender (“HVFO”) with a mandatory minimum *822sentence of fifteen years. At the sentencing proceeding, the court imposed that sentence.

On appeal, the…