A guilty plea entered with the benefit of legal advice and on an agreed statement of facts imposes a considerable hurdle to setting aside the conviction on appeal. The fact that an alternative charge might have been preferred does not render a conviction erroneous where the charge actually laid was open on the facts. A sentence that accords with what was sought by the applicant's own counsel creates a substantial hurdle for a claim of manifest excess.
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