Thompson v. State

Miller, Judge.

John Thompson appeals pro se from the denial of his motion to modify his sentence in connection with his convictions on two counts of rape.* 1 He contends that the trial court erred by applying the wrong statutory scheme in sentencing him to life in prison as a recidivist, since the sentencing provisions used by the trial court at sentencing in 1998 were different from those that were applicable in 1996 when he committed the rapes. Although the rape statute was amended *658before Thompson was sentenced in this case, the amendments did not alter the fact that, under both the previous…