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454 N.W.2d 646

State v. Synnes

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided May 1, 1990

Court of Appeals of Minnesota · decided 1990-05-01

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently July 2003

4 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“may be in the interest of the defendant as well as the public.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including State v. Pearson

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1990-05-01

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*648PORSBERG, Judge

¶1(concurring specially):

¶2I concur primarily because the defendant attempted by motion to withdraw his plea prior to sentence. If defendant had unequivocally agreed to the plea bargain, it may be that defendant waived any objection to the departure, or at least we could uphold the sentence because the record in this case indicated strong grounds for departure.

¶3What troubles me about this case is that either the prosecutor or the court will in the future be inhibited from accepting such plea agreements which may be in the interest of the defendant as well as the public.

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