State v. Gibson

OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

This appeal involves defendant’s effort to be relieved of a provision of his plea bargain without giving up the benefits he obtained in that bargain.

Defendant was charged with a robbery in January, 1981 while armed with a deadly weapon. The plea and disposition agreement, signed by defendant and his counsel and approved by the trial court, gave defendant the benefit of pleading guilty to simple robbery, thereby reducing his crime from a second degree to a third degree felony. Another benefit was that sentence was to be deferred for four years and defendant was to be placed…