Beard v. State

Nathaniel Beard was convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary of a dwelling (count 1) and conspiracy to commit robbery (count 2). 1 The trial court imposed a five year prison term on count 1, and a concurrent three-year prison term on count 2. Several weeks after sentencing, the trial court entered an amended judgment, changing the prison terms to run consecutively to each other rather than concurrently. The effect of the amended sentence was an increase in Beard’s prison time from five years to eight years.

Beard subsequently filed a motion for clarification, which the trial court properly…