Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
JiPER CURIAM.
Granted in part.
Relator failed to establish that he received, in exchange for his guilty plea, an enforceable promise for a seven-year sentence. He is therefore not entitled to an order enforcing such a bargain.
However, relator did establish that the trial judge assured him of a sentence in the middle range called for by the sentencing guideline, and he alleged in this post-eonviction application that his attorney advised him, after miscalculating the guidelines range, that his sentence would not exceed seven years. Upon proof of this allegation, relator would be entitled to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. BeattySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State v. ScottSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
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