STATE v. SANTIAGO

No. 1999-CA-01048-SCT.

773 So.2d 921 (2000)

STATE of Mississippi v. Luis Vigo SANTIAGO a/k/a Avery Hinestova Balanta a/k/a Luie Santiago Vigo a/k/a Luie Vigo Santiago.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Attorney General by Thomas L. Rosenblatt, Attorney for Appellant.

George F. West, Jr., Natchez, Walter J. Pink, Houston, TX, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.


PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1. As part of a plea agreement, Luis Vigo Santiago ("Santiago") pled guilty to one count of the sale of cocaine and was sentenced to a term of twenty years in prison, with five years suspended. Santiago subsequently filed a motion for post-conviction relief, alleging that he pled guilty only because the State promised him that he would receive a sentence of no greater than seven years in prison...

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