Because the sentencing exposure for the offense to which a defendant pleads guilty is a direct, rather than collateral, consequence of the plea, a defendant should be informed of the exposure before the plea is accepted. See and compare State v. Myers, 503 So.2d 1085 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1987); State ex rel. LaFleur v. Donnelly, supra. In this sense, the exposure is an inherent part of the constitutional nature of the offense.