State v. Reed

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Cleveland Reed, Jr., from consecutive sentences imposed by the district court in two criminal cases. The defendant entered a plea of guilty to attempted burglary in case No. 82-CR-2031 and pleas of guilty to charges of felony theft and burglary in Case No. 83-CR-1638. After the trial court imposed consecutive sentences in the two cases and later refused to modify the sentences, the defendant appealed.

The sole issue presented on the appeal is whether mandatory consecutive sentences were required under…