Bryan P. Stone v. State of Indiana

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

[1] Bryan P. Stone (“Stone”) was convicted after a jury trial of four counts of Dealing in Cocaine as a Class A felony, 1 and was adjudicated to be a Habitual Substance Offender. 2 He was sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of forty-five years.

[2] He now appeals. We reverse and remand with instructions.

Issue

[3] Stone presents two issues for our review. We find one of these dispositive, namely, whether the trial court abused its discretion when, after accepting a plea agreement between Stone and the State and entering judgment of conviction against Stone…