State v. Harper

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

Rodriques Harper and his co-defendants were charged with armed robbery. They were juveniles at the time the crime was committed. After plea negotiations, Harper accepted the state’s offer to reduce the charge of armed robbery to robbery in exchange for a sentence recommendation of five years in confinement. At the hearing on the guilty plea, Harper’s attorney announced the plea agreement to the trial court. The court commented extensively on Harper’s amenability to treatment and announced that it would not follow the sentencing recommendation presented by the state.…