State v. Sisneros

OPINION

EASLEY, Chief Justice.

Sisneros pled guilty to criminal sexual penetration and kidnapping. The trial court initially placed him on probation, but upon motion by the State, the trial court agreed to reconsider the sentence. Defense counsel sought an alternative writ of prohibition from this Court to prevent the trial court from reconsidering the sentence. We granted the writ but later quashed it, remanding the case for “proper sentencing”. The trial court resentenced Sisneros to a term of years at the penitentiary.

Sisneros appealed to the Court of Appeals which held' that the second…