Lee v. State

OPINION

BARTEAU, Judge.

This court accepted Gerald E. Lee's interlocutory appeal in order to determine whether, by accepting Lee's guilty plea, the trial court lost the authority to reject the plea agreement entered into between Lee and the State of Indiana.

FACTS

The State charged Lee with robbery, a Class B felony, for his participation in the armed robbery of the National City Bank in Mount Comfort, Indiana The Hancock County Prosecutor and Lee, through his defense counsel and guardian ad litem, negotiated a plea agreement providing that Lee would plead guilty to robbery, a Class C felony, in…