434 Pa. Super. 309 - Commonwealth v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
2
states following
July 2005
most recently cited
38 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. United States · Santobello v. New York · McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Mabry v. Johnson · Thompson v. Thompson
Most-quoted passages
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“As a general proposition, sentencing is a matter vested in the sound discretion of the trial court and will remain undis turbed on appeal, absent an abuse of that discretion. Upon acceptance of a plea agreement, however, the trial court is bound to comply with the terms of that agreement. A sentence recommendation is among the “terms” of a plea bargain. Therefore, a negotiated sentence is binding on the court where the sentence is plainly set forth on the record, understood and agreed to by the parties and approved by the trial court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(B) Plea Agreements (1) When counsel for both sides have arrived at a plea agreement, they shall state on the record in open court, in the presence of the defendant, the terms of the agreement .... (2) The judge shall conduct a separate inquiry of the defendant on the record to determine whether the defendant understands and voluntarily accepts the terms of the plea agreement on which the guilty plea or plea of nob contendere is based.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the trial court was without authority in this case to alter the sentencing scheme from concurrent to consecutive sentences when resentencing upon probation revocation. In so doing, the trial court imposed a sentence that directly abrogated the accepted and enforced plea agreement and exceeded the maximum limit of the original sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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