State v. Alford

The decision of the court was delivered by Nuss, C.J.:

*198 Brent L. Alford appeals the district court's summary denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence. Alford argues his hard 40 sentence is illegal because the sentencing jury considered inadmissible hearsay evidence and was wrongly instructed that it needed to unanimously recommend the hard 15 sentence. Because his claims cannot be raised in a motion to correct an illegal sentence, we affirm the decision of the district court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1993, Alford was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and…