Rollison v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. ““A defendant may, as part of a plea bargain, agree to plead guilty to a crime for which he has been indicted (or to which he has waived grand jury presentment), but of which he is not guilty.... [F]or example, we held that an individual could plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter under an indictment charging him with murder, even though the facts would not support such a lesser charge. “While the [post-conviction] judge and [the defendant] refer to the possession charge as ‘enhancing’ the [possession with intent to distribute] charge to a second offense, this characterization overlooks the fact that this case involves a plea bargain. As such, the agreement is governed by contract principles, and [the defendant] was free to negotiate this type of agreement.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 Md. App. 693 - Rivera v. State