P. v. Dishmon
Clifford Dishmon pled guilty to felony child abuse and admitted to inflicting great bodily injury on a child under the age of five. At the time of the plea, the court indicated it would place a seven-year "lid" on Dishmon's sentence. However, after considering Dishmon's remarks at the sentencing hearing, the court withdrew the indicated sentence and stated it intended to impose a nine-year term. The court gave Dishmon the opportunity to withdraw his guilty plea based on the new intended sentence. Dishmon declined to withdraw his plea. The court then imposed the nine-year sentence.
On appeal, Dishmon contends the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to nine years because it was greater than the initial seven-year-maximum indicated sentence. We reject this contention and affirm.
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