State v. Myers

Summary

The court held that the defendant’s claims concerning youth-based resentencing were properly within the trial court’s jurisdiction but failed on the merits because his sentences were neither life imprisonment nor its functional equivalent, and the governing statute did not apply retroactively. Claims concerning the calculation of his parole eligibility date, including his statutory, due process, and equal protection theories, challenged the parole board’s actions rather than the sentences imposed and therefore could not be brought through motions to correct an illegal sentence. The judgment was vacated in part to correct the form of the judgment and remanded with directions to deny the resentencing claims and dismiss the due process claim concerning the parole date.