Doherty v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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1. “The jurisprudence of this state is filled with cases requiring the state to comply with plea bargains. We see no reason why a defendant should not be required to comply also, assuming the agreement is not illegal. Here, appellant asked the court to withhold sentencing him for the aggravated battery if he made restitution to the victim. To ignore the reciprocity of such an agreement would have a deleterious affect upon any plea bargain in which restitution is an ingredient. The defendant could enter into such an agreement knowing he could not perform but then preclude subsequent action by the state by showing he did not have the ability to perform. ... This was not a court imposed condition; it was agreed upon by the appellant, who requested the court to accept it.”

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