State v. Frost

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Jack Frost appeals from a denial by the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Lipez, J.) of a motion to reduce a sentence imposed upon him after his conviction for aggravated assault. Because Frost failed to demonstrate that his sentence was influenced by a mistake of fact, the trial court was without authority to reduce the sentence pursuant to M.R.Crim.P. 35(c), and we affirm.

After a jury trial, Jack Frost was found guilty of aggravated assault, 17-A M.R. S.A. § 208 (1983) 564 A.2d 70. He was sentenced to six years to the Department of Corrections, with all but four years…