Sturgis v. State

William Lloyd Sturgis, Jr., appellant, was apprehended and charged with robbery with a deadly weapon. Sturgis was indicted by the grand jury for Howard County for the armed robbery and other related offenses. Apparently, as the result of the negotiations between an Assistant State’s Attorney and defense counsel, it was agreed that Sturgis would enter a plea of not guilty to the armed robbery charge, elect a court trial and submit on an agreed statement of facts. In exchange for Sturgis’s actions the State agreed to nol pros all of the other counts of the indictment and to refrain from making…