Cioni v. State

Thomas Cioni raises two issues on appeal. First, he argues that the trial court erred by requiring him to pay excessive attorney’s fees. Second, he argues that the trial court erred when it sentenced him on a charge which had been nolle prossed by the state. We affirm, but remand for correction of a scrivener’s error.

Initially, the state charged Cioni with burglary of a dwelling,1 grand theft2 and resisting arrest without violence.3 Cioni’s attorney, an assistant public defender, negotiated an agreement with the state. In return for a plea of nolo contendere to the first two charges, the…