KOROMA v. the STATE.

Brown, Judge.

Patrick Koroma entered negotiated pleas of guilty under North Carolina v. Alford , 400 U.S. 25 , 91 S.Ct. 160 , 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), to sexual battery and two counts of child molestation for the repeated sexual abuse of his twelve-year-old daughter. 1 The trial court sentenced Koroma to 20 years to serve 10 years in confinement with the balance probated. Koroma, proceeding pro se, filed a "motion to modify the sentence and sentence reduction," which the trial court ultimately denied. Koroma now appeals the denial of his motion, arguing that (1) the rule of lenity applies to his…