State v. Groat

GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

The defendant Groat was originally charged in the Superior Court of Lake County with three counts of unlawful dealing in a controlled substance. A plea bargain was reached between the defendant and the state and was accepted by the court. See IC 35-5-6-1 et seq. Pursuant to the agreement Groat pleaded guilty to count II of the information and the state agreed to decline to prosecute counts I and III. The parties also agreed that the state would “recommend that the Court sentence the Defendant to a period of confinement not to exceed six (6) years.” The court sentenced…