State v. Lummus’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[T]he prosecution had used Lummus’s information and agreement to testify to negotiate pleas from the other two codefendants. By using this agreement and information as leverage, the prosecutor was able to nullify the need for a plea agreement with Lummus. . . . [T]he crucial test of detriment or prejudice is whether the defendant has suffered harm from reliance on the plea bargain. What greater harm could a defendant incur than to provide information which is ultimately used to eliminate the need for the State’s plea arrangement with him?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2 Neb. Ct. App. 766 - State v. Howe

2. “A plea bargain standing alone is without constitutional significance; it is a mere executory agreement which, until embodied in the judgment of a court, does not deprive an accused of liberty or any other constitutionally protected interest. It is the ensuing plea that implicates the Constitution.”

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