State v. Allen

As part of a plea agreement disposing of numerous criminal charges resulting from a series of break-ins allegedly committed by defendant while on probation, defendant pleaded nolo contendere to breaking and entering, second-degree arson and attempted arson. He also pleaded guilty to seven counts of unlawful trespass and one count of unlawful mischief, most of these having been reduced from burglary charges. In return, the state’s attorney agreed to recommend a sentence of three .to fifteen years, to be served concurrently with the probation violation.

The court imposed on defendant consecutive…