Anderson v. State

This is an appeal by John Anderson of his departure sentence of two concurrent sixty-year terms of imprisonment imposed pursuant to a negotiated guilty plea. We reverse the sentence since it is evident from the record that the terms of the negotiated plea are contradictory and ambiguous.

The circuit court in Monroe County utilizes a printed form for plea agreements. The form completed by Anderson contained contradictory provisions regarding the permissible sentence to be imposed pursuant to this guilty plea. Paragraph 5 stated in relevant part: “b. (X) The parties have agreed: That the Court…