Burns v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “"We, therefore, remand this cause to the Jefferson Circuit Court for a determination of whether the defendant and the prosecutor did, in fact, enter into a plea bargain agreement. If a finding is made that an agreement existed, the circuit court is instructed to apply the principle set out in Yarber , supra." Id. at 114. (Emphasis in original.)”

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

2. “an agreement of ten years was entered into and the facts of this case [Burns] are almost `on all fours' with the facts in Yarber.”

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