People v. Koonce

Defendant, Brian Zachary Koonce, was charged with the offenses of theft of lost property and use of a stolen credit card. Prior to trial, the parties informed the trial court that they had entered an agreement whereby defendant agreed to plead guilty to the charge of theft of lost property and the State would recommend one year probation and would nolle prosse the credit card charge. The trial court made no comment on the agreement, accepted defendant’s plea of guilty on the theft charge, and placed defendant on one year social service supervision. When the prosecutor remarked that he had…