Newton v. State

Newton entered a written plea of guilty to the offenses of attempted murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The plea stated, in pertinent part:

5. No one has promised me anything to get me to enter the plea(s), except

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b. The prosecutor has agreed: A CAP OF 17 YEARS INCARCERATION (CAP OF GUIDELINES) TO BE FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF PROBATION NOT TO EXCEED 20 YEARS.

The trial court accepted the plea on February 24, 1986, and ordered that a pre-sen-tence investigation be prepared. On March 24, 1986, the trial court sentenced Newton, based upon his plea, to seventeen…