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11 Finally, we note that the plea agreement allowed Heard to avoid trial on the attempted second- degree murder charge and the risk of a longer sentence than agreed upon.4 Plea agreements “are in many ways analogous to a contract between the state and a defendant.”

This principle reflects the rule that courts “generally should not alter the terms of a restitution obligation negotiated as part of a plea agreement if it materially changes the expectations of the parties to the bargain.”

A plea agreement “represent[s] a bargained-for understanding between the government and criminal defendants in which each side foregoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters.” (quotation omitted).

This reflects the principle that courts “generally should not alter the terms of a restitution obligation negotiated as part of a plea agreement if it materially changes the expectations of the parties to the bargain.”

Plea agreements “represent a bargained-for understanding between the government and criminal defendants in which each side foregoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters.” (quotation omitted).

He relies on the premise that global plea agreements “represent a bargained-for understanding between the government and criminal defendants.” (quotation omitted).

is that they represent a bargained-for understanding between the government and criminal defendant s in which each side foregoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters .” d 596, 603 (Minn. App. 2008) (alteration in original) (quotation omitted) .

Plea agreements are similar to contracts; “[a]n unqualified promise made as part of a plea agreement must be honored.” State v. Meredyk , (“The essence of plea agreements .

sentencing by [the defendant’s] own admissions.” (concluding that district court had authority to modify res titution for other reasons).

is that they repres ent a bargained-for understanding between the gove rnment and criminal defendants in which each side foregoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters.” (quoting United States v. Porter , 405 F.3d 1136, 1145 ( 10th Cir. 2005)).

7 Plea agreements are similar to contracts; “[a]n unqualified promise made as part of a plea agreement must be honored.”

see also Evans , d at 35 7 (holding that a rule 27 motion is not the proper method to challenge a restitution award if payment of restitution is a ma terial part of the negotiation ).

Plea agreements “represent a bargained -for understanding between the government and criminal defendants in which each side foreg oes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters.” (quotation omitted).

is that they represent a bargained -for understanding between the government and criminal defendants in which each side foregoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters.” (quotation omitted).

to argue that, under Minn. Stat. § 611A.04, the d istrict court had no authority to amend because restitution had not been reserved.

’” (quoting United States v. Porter , 405 F.3d 11 36, 1145 (10th Cir. 2005)).

(stating th at plea agreements represent a bargained-for understanding between the government and a defendant).

ns where impo sition of a conditional-release period would violate the plea agreement); -75 (Minn. 2000) (stating that a p lea agreement was not violated when unaccounted-for conditional- release term exceeded the plea agreement’s maximum term , because the opportunity for 16 probation, not the duration of the sentence, induced the plea); State v. Meredyk , (holding that the district court erred by modifying a discretionary restitution order because the defendant agreed to a specific amount of r

This court has recognized that a plea agreement “represent[s] a bargained-for understanding between the government and criminal defendants in which each side forgoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters.” (quotations omitted).

A plea agreement is in many ways “analogous to a contract between the state and a defendant.”

A plea agreement is “analogous to a contract between the state and a defendant.”

Plea agreements “represent a bargained-for understanding between the government and criminal defendants in which each side foregoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters.” (quotation omitted).

d 596, 601 (Minn. App. 2008).

(describing a plea agreement as “a bargained-for understanding between the government and criminal defendants in which each side foregoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty”).

Plea agreements “represent a bargained-for understanding between the government and criminal defendants in which each side forgoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters.” (quotation omitted).

That is because a plea agreement “ ‘represents] a bargained-for understanding between the government and criminal defendants in which each side foregoes certain rights and assumes certain risks in exchange for a degree of certainty as to the outcome of criminal matters.’ ” (quoting United States v. Porter, 405 F.3d 1136, 1145 (10th Cir.2005)).