STATE v. SANCHEZ

Nos. 70331-1, 70442-2.

46 P.3d 774 (2002)

146 Wash.2d 339

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Librado SANCHEZ, Petitioner. State of Washington, Respondent, v. Mark Harris, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 9, 2002.

As Amended May 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Elliott, Gregory Link, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, for Petitioner.

John Knodell, Grant County Prosecutor, Thomas Verge, Skagit County Prosecutor, Erik Pedersomn, Deputy Prosecutor, for Respondent.


BRIDGE, J.

We decide whether in each of these consolidated cases, the petitioner should be permitted to withdraw his plea of guilty because he entered it in exchange for a promise from the prosecutor to recommend a particular sentence to the sentencing judge. At the sentencing hearing, a person other than the prosecutor recommended a longer sentence than had been agreed to in the plea agreement. We hold that since neither of these people, Sanchez's investigating officer...

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