Lafontant v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The plea agreement was not for a specific sentence and was not even for a recommendation of a specific sentence. The agreement was that the State would recommend a sentence that would include no more than four years active incarceration. At the time of the bargain, appellant should have understood that four years of active, unsuspended incarceration would implicate a period of probation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carlini v. State

2. “Finally, because a period of probation must be attached to a suspended sentence, we hold that the right to impose a period of probation is included in any plea agreement that provides for a suspended sentence. If we were to hold otherwise, the imposition of a suspended sentence would be meaningless.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carlini v. State

3. “10. Pay all fines, costs, restitution, and fees as ordered by the court or as directed by your supervising agent through a payment schedule ... Restitution of $2000/mo. [handwritten] to victims of restitution order [handwritten] ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carlini v. State