Rackley v. State

The appellant appeals the five-year prison sentence he received for one count of grand theft. He was originally charged *834with one count of principal to carjacking. Pursuant to a plea agreement, however, he agreed to enter a plea of nolo contendere to the lesser charge of grand theft. The plea agreement provided, ' among other things, that the appellant would receive a guidelines sentence if he did not violate the conditions of the agreement. One of the conditions the appellant specifically agreed to was that he would appear for his sentencing hearing and in the event he failed to do so, the…