People v. Crawford

Robert Reid Crawford was charged with forgery,1 uttering and publishing,2 and with being a fourth-felony offender.3 Pursuant to a plea bargain, the uttering and publishing charge was dismissed, the supplemental information was amended to charge only one prior felony, and Crawford pled nolo contendere4 to the charge of *610forgery and guilty of being a second offender.

Crawford appealed, claiming that the plea bargain was illusory5 because the particular conviction charged in the amended supplemental information was subject to attack on the ground that it was obtained pursuant to a plea of guilty…