Shankle v. State

WOMACK, J.,

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

When a defendant pleads guilty to one offense pursuant to a plea-bargain agreement by which the State consented to an unadjudicated offense’s being taken into account in assessing punishment, is the sentence for the offense a “punishment recommended by the prosecutor” for purposes of the rule that limits the right of plea-bargainers to appeal? We hold that it is.

Proceedings in the Courts Below

According to a police officer’s affidavit in the clerk’s record of this case, on August 15, 1999, the appellant entered the “home” of a girl…