Ballard v. State

Evans, Judge.

Defendant entered a plea of guilty to the offense of unauthorized entry into a dwelling house. The district attorney recommended a sentence of one year, without probation, at the pre-sentencing hearing and after plea bargaining between a member of the district attorney’s office and counsel for defendant.

At the conclusion of the hearing, the court announced that he would sentence defendant to serve two *848years. Defense counsel then requested that defendant be allowed to withdraw the plea because during the plea bargaining he had been made to understand by the district attorney that…