State v. Barber

¶1 We have recognized two possible remedies for an involuntary guilty plea: withdrawal of the plea or specific performance of the plea agreement. See In re Pers. Restraint of Isadore, 151 Wn.2d 294, 303, 88 P.3d 390 (2004) (citing State v. Turley, 149 Wn.2d 395, 399, 69 P.3d 338 (2003)). The question in this case is whether a defendant is entitled to specific performance when the result is to bind the sentencing court to impose a sentence that is *856contrary to law. Danny Joe Barber argues he is entitled to the sentence the parties agreed to in a plea agreement, though it failed to include a…