Pannarale v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Facing multiple drug charges, Donato Pan-narale made a plea agreement with the Kosciusko County prosecutor. In exchange for the State's dismissal of some of these pending charges, he pled guilty to dealing in cocaine, a class B felony, and the prosecutor agreed to recommend a sentence not exceeding ten years. The court imposed a sentence of ten years in June 1989.

Three years later, Pannarale petitioned to reduce his sentence pursuant to a sentence reduction statute, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-88-1-23 (West 1 The trial court denied his petition. The Court of Appeals expressed…