State v. Wesley

¶ 1. Richard L. Wesley struck a bargain with the State to plead guilty to a hit-and-run felony in return for a "dismissal outright" of a negligent homicide by use of a motor vehicle charge. At sentencing, however, the State narrated the account of another driver who witnessed what can charitably be described as Wesley's "negligent" driving behavior just prior to the hit-and-run and also underscored Wesley's own admission that he was looking down and changing his CD player when he hit the victim. Did the State violate the plea bargain by highlighting this information? And what does "dismissed…