State v. Hoffman

Dale Hoffman absconded from the Ada County jail where he was being held for sentencing on a robbery conviction. Following his apprehension, he pled guilty to escape by one charged with a felony. He received a sentence of five years, indeterminate, to be served consecutively to the sentence imposed for the robbery. I.C. §§ 18-9505; 18-112. He subsequently filed a motion, under I.C.R. 35, for reconsideration of the five-year sentence for the escape. He requested that the sentence be suspended. Hoffman’s motion was denied without a hearing. On appeal, Hoffman states the following, single issue:…