People v. Smith

The appellant, Robert Vincent Smith, appeals the denial of his Crim. P. 35(a) motion to correct an allegedly illegal sentence. We affirm.

On April 8, 1977, the trial court received details of a plea bargain struck between the district attorney and appellant. In exchange for appellant’s guilty plea to a charge of first-degree forgery, the People agreed to dismiss the second count of the information (criminal possession of a forged instrument) and two other counts in another outstanding information.

The district attorney tendered to the court an authenticated copy of a former felony conviction of…