People v. Barton

We issued a rule to show cause to consider whether the trial court erred by allowing the prosecution to withdraw from its plea agreement with Defendant Terry Lyun Barton ("Barton"). The trial court held that Barton breached her plea agreement by appealing her aggravated sentence under Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), in violation of a provision in the agreement waiving her right to appeal except for an appeal challenging an "illegal sentence later imposed by the judge." We now make our rule to show cause absolute. 'We hold that the plea agreement…