People v. Johnson

T1 We granted certiorari to consider whether the trial court violated Michael Johnson's statutory and constitutional rights by increasing his sentence on the remaining conviction on remand following his successful appeal on his other convictions. The trial court initially accepted, but at sentencing rejected, a plea agreement in which Johnson would plead guilty to an added count of possession of a controlled substance and the original counts would be dismissed. Due to the trial court's rejection of the plea agreement, the case proceeded to trial where the ~ jury found Johnson guilty of…