This can take many forms such as acting as a confidential informant, agreeing to testify against others, pleading in return for charges dropped in another court, or resigning from a position with a promise of immunity. See Evans v. State 899 So.2d 890, 894-5 (¶ 15-17) (Miss.Ct.App. 2004). ¶ 7. Christie did not argue that he promised any additional servitude to the prosecution that he detrimentally relied upon. At his plea hearing the judge noted an agreement to drop five of the charges against Christie if he agreed to plea.
The prosecution can be bound by its plea agreement with a defendant, particularly in cases where the defendant detrimentally relied upon the agreement. Evans v. State , 899 So. 2d 890, 894 (¶15) (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). A criminal defendant is bound by the plea agreement in such a way that a breach of the agreement terminates the agreement as if it never existed, giving the State all of its powers of prosecution.
" Trial judges have wide latitude in deciding whether to grant continuances, and that decision is left to the sound discretion of the trial judge." Evans v. State, 899 So.2d 890, 896(¶ 23) (Miss.Ct.App.2004) (quoting Adams v. State, 772 So.2d 1010, 1014(¶ 16) (Miss.2000)). A trial court's decision to deny a motion for a continuance is not reversible " unless manifest injustice appears to have resulted from the denial."