People ex rel. Gallagher v. District Court

This is an original proceeding. We issued a rule to show cause why the respondent district court had not exceeded its authority. We now make the rule absolute.

The respondent district court initially sentenced James Cacho Todd to concurrent prison terms of riot less than ten years nor more than fifteen years on a conviction for attempt to commit first-degree murder (a class 2 felony) and not less than five years nor more than fifteen years on a conviction for assault in the first degree (a class 3 felony).

After considering a motion to modify the sentence, the district court ordered that Todd,…