State v. Scott

The state charged Printis Scott with one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, a violation of La. R.S. 14:80, punishable by not more than ten years’ imprisonment with or without hard labor plus an optional fine. The state agreed to reduce the charge to attempted carnal knowledge and to refrain from charging defendant as an habitual offender in exchange for defendant’s guilty plea to the amended charge. After informing the defendant that the sentence would be five years, the court accepted his guilty plea and imposed the agreed sentence of five years at hard labor. The trial court denied a…