Supreme Court rejects convict's plea agreement claim

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the guilty plea of a man who insists he would have maintained his innocence had he known he would not be accepted to a drug treatment program.

Michael Morrow pleaded guilty in 1999 to possessing cocaine. His attorney claims it was part of an agreement with prosecutors under a law that would allow Morrow to receive probation after completing two years in a drug treatment program.

The justices said the court record reflects no evidence of a plea agreement. Rather, the record shows that Morrow's attorney requested sentencing under the treatment-and-probation law only after Morrow's guilty plea was accepted.