Parker v. State

SHANGLER, Judge.

The appeal comes from the denial of a Rule 27.26 motion to set aside sentences on pleas of guilty to two counts of sale of a controlled substance. The motion contends that the pleas were not voluntary and, otherwise, that the sentences constituted multiple punishments for the same offense in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution.

The pleas of guilty were entered to accomplish a bargain for the disposition of seven counts of heroin sale under three separate indictments for a composite term of fifteen years imprisonment. The punishment imposed…