State v. Lyman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The purpose of the rule requiring that the defendant be advised of mandatory consecutive sentencing is “to apprise the defendant of the minimum time he will serve in prison so that his plea of guilty is given with full knowledge of the consequences.” ... In this case the defendant was advised that the minimum sentence would be 3 years. .. . Under these circumstances, the error [failure of the court to inform of mandatory consecutive sentences] was not prejudicial and does not require that the judgment be reversed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lyman