Rufus v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “To adopt the position of appellant would be no more nor less than to grant leave to an indicted defendant to play games with the court; he might plead guilty, be sentenced, then withdraw his plea and demand a trial, having thus made certain in advance that no matter how the trial might turn out or what aggravating circumstances might be developed by the evidence, no greater sentence could be imposed upon him in the event of conviction. We do not believe that such a result is within the scope of the rule laid down in Pearce.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 492 So. 2d 562 - Graves v. State