State v. Lewis

| TJust prior to a jury trial defendant entered a plea of guilty to all five counts pursuant to a plea bargain. Under that agreement, by making four counts run concurrently, the sentencing range was limited to a maximum (cap) of sixty years. During the Boykinization,1 the trial judge specifically asked, “Do you understand you’re waiving any appeal rights that you *295may have?” Defendant responded affirmatively.

La. C. Cr. P. art. 881.2A(2) provides that: “[t]he defendant cannot appeal or seek review of a sentence imposed in conformity with a plea agreement which was set forth in the record at the…