Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Charles Ray SMITH
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1984-06-25
Citations: 452 So. 2d 160
Docket Number: No. 84-K-0976
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Charles Ray SMITH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 452
Pages: 160–160

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Charles Ray SMITH.
No. 84-K-0976.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 25, 1984.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
GRANTED. The sentences are vacated, and the case is remanded to the district court for a hearing before a different trial judge to determine whether there was a meeting of the minds between the defendant, the defense counsel, the prosecutor and the trial judge as to the plea bargain outlined in defendant's affidavit of understanding. The judge shall then decide whether due process requires (a) that there be specific performance of the plea bargain, as outlined in defendant's affidavit of understanding, or (b) that defendant be given the option to withdraw his pleas and proceed to trial on the original charges. In the event that the circumstances require only that defendant be allowed to withdraw his pleas, he should be tried with a different judge presiding. See Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 92 S.Ct. 495, 30 L.Ed.2d 427 (1971); State v. Chalaire, 375 So.2d 107 (La.1979).