State v. Lewis

Thompson, Chief Justice.

We granted a petition for writ of certiorari in this case to decide, inter alia, whether the Court of Appeals erred in determining that a trial court, having agreed to accept the terms of a negotiated plea agreement between the State and a criminal defendant, retained the authority to decide whether the terms of the plea agreement had been satisfied and reject the plea agreement if they had not. See Lewis v. State, 330 Ga. App. 412 (767 SE2d 771) (2014). The State contends that having agreed to accept the terms of a plea bargain the State negotiated with the defendant,…