McClain v. State

OPINION

FITZGERALD, Justice.

Appellant, Joseph Eugene McClain, was brought to trial on an indictment charging him with the manufacture and sale of heroin. 1 In mid-trial his attorney advised the court that McClain, after considerable negotiation with the district attorney, desired to withdraw his pleas of not guilty and enter pleas of guilty to one count of manufacturing and one count of selling heroin. According to McClain’s counsel, the state had agreed to dismiss all other counts of the indictment and other charges pending against McClain and to recommend four year sentences for each count…