State v. Comes

McEvers, Justice.

[¶1] Marlon Comes appeals from a district court's second amended criminal judgment entered over twenty years after the original criminal judgment. We vacate the second amended judgment and remand, concluding the district court abused its discretion by sua sponte amending the criminal judgment without providing the parties notice of its intent to amend the judgment.

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[¶2] In 1996, the State charged Comes with murder, a class AA felony, and robbery, a class A felony. Comes pleaded guilty to both charges and the district court sentenced him on the murder charge to life…