281 Ga. App. 844 - Price v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “A criminal defendant should not be allowed to reject a sentence concession that is offered in return for a guilty plea and then bind the State to that rejected original lenient sentence even though he is later convicted after a trial. To hold otherwise would allow a criminal defendant to go to trial and seek an acquittal knowing that, even if unsuccessful, he would receive a sentence which is no less lenient than that which he was originally offered. After trial, the factors that may have indicated leniency as consideration for the guilty plea are no longer present.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Ga. App. 185 - Townes v. State

2. “On appeal, the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict and the appellant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence; moreover, on appeal this [CJourt determines evidence sufficiency and does not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility.”

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