I plead no contest to a grand theft charge which I was not guilty of about 9 months ago. I had a prior for forgery about 8 years ago, so I didn't want to take the chance of being found guilty by a jury. My problem is this - I was told by my attorney that the elements of the plea bargain was I pay back 50,000 restitution and there would be no state prison; a maximum of 1 year in county but no must do jail time. There was a restitution hearing to determine if there was to be any more restitution, but, again, I was told by attorney the hearing would not change the sentence guidelines in the plea, only the amount with a maximum of 118,000. I paid the restitution, and last week the judge in court said 16 months state prison. When my attorney argued that, and even the D.A. agreed with my attorney, the judge then offered 6 months held in county (not sentenced?) which must be done, and then brought before him for probation at that time. The judge said we do this or withdraw the plea. He sent us out of the courtroom; I told my attorney to withdraw my plea. He then came back to me and said the judge changed his mind and would only allow me to do the jail time or state. I was allowed to return home on OR for 2 weeks and then must return. The next day I confronted my lawyer about the plea bargain not being what he told me. He contradicted himself all over the place. Then he told me the judge, in fact, was going to allow me to withdraw my plea and we could go to trial, but he (the attorney) didn't tell me. Now he says he will file a motion to withdraw the plea, but doesn't think the judge will allow it. I don't know what to do. I've paid so much in restitution, and to my attorney, getting another attorney may not be an option. I don't want to go to trial and continue with this in my life (I'm a mother of 2), but I don't want to sit in jail for 6 months either for something I didn't do. Can I have the plea revisited to see what's in the transcript? Will this help? If I was given the wrong information by my attotrney can I appeal the decision? I've got a history of bipolar manic depression, which was happening with my prior, but I've had it under control for all these years by therapy and medicine. My attorney never let me bring that up to the judge regarding the prior, nor any sentencing. I'm a mess. Can you help?