State v. Grisby

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This appeal concerns a circuit court’s authority to modify the sentencing portion of a negotiated plea agreement after the court had accepted the plea but before the court entered the judgment and commitment order. We affirm the circuit court because the sole issue argued by the State was not properly preserved for appeal.

Appellant State of Arkansas and Appellee Quincy Grisby entered into a negotiated plea agreement that disposed of Grisby’s offenses pending in three separate criminal cases filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court. Grisby agreed to accept the State’s offer,…