Betancourt v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Betancourt appeals the denial of a motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to the offense of conspiracy to possess cocaine.

Prior to his plea Betancourt’s attorneys had several discussions with the district attorney and the trial judge scheduled to try appellant concerning a sentence agreement in exchange for a plea of guilty. An agreement was allegedly reached with a portion of the agreement being that appellant would receive fifteen years confinement (the maximum), with twelve years to serve and three years probation, the probation to be suspended after payment by appellant of a…