STATE v. BERGMANN

No. 98-265.

600 N.W.2d 311 (1999)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Pamela BERGMANN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol J. Walker, Davenport, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Roxann M. Ryan, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Davis, County Attorney, and Kelly G. Raines and Joseph Grubisich, Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, TERNUS, CADY, and HARRIS, JJ.


TERNUS, Justice.

The defendant claims her sentences should be vacated because the prosecutor breached a cooperation agreement between the State and the defendant by recommending a term of incarceration at the sentencing hearing. We conclude that the State violated the cooperation agreement and, therefore, we vacate the defendant's sentences and remand for resentencing.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

The State filed a trial information...

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