Covington v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Covington was charged with the offense of armed robbery. Thereafter, represented by counsel, defendant appeared in court and entered a negotiated guilty plea. At that time, in accordance with the agreement reached between the prosecutor and defense counsel, the prosecutor recommended defendant be sentenced to a term of 20 years, of which 10 years was to be served in confinement. In so doing, the prosecutor added: “Mr. Covington has asked whether or not your Honor is going to run that consecutive or concurrent with his Federal sentence. I told Mr. Covington…