Haney v. United States

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

Appellant was convicted of second-degree murder and attempted robbery. He was sentenced to serve not less than twenty years and not more than sixty years on his conviction for second-degree murder and not less than one (1) year and not more than three (3) years on his attempted robbery conviction. He contends that his sentence on the second-degree murder conviction is illegal. Specifically, he asserts that D.C.Code § 24-203(a) (1981), which establishes a fifteen year maximum minimum sentence in the case of all life sentences, applies to all lesser sentences for the same…