474 So. 2d 1178 - Hoffman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently November 2007 · most notably 967 So. 2d 735 - Williams v. State (2007), 832 So. 2d 730 - Chavez v. State (2002)
1 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Witt · Swansboro Country, Inc. v. Lumberman's Mortgage Co. · Sims v. State of Georgia · Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Ogilvie · Union Labor Life Insurance v. Pireno
Most-quoted passages
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“[The defendant] had the choice of abiding by the plea agreement or not. When he refused to go along, the agreement became null and void as if it had never existed. A defendant cannot be allowed to arrange a plea bargain, back out of his part of the bargain, and yet insist the prosecutor uphold his end of the agreement.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Hunt v. State · Abney v. State“to do justice in this case. In Hoffman , in exchange for the State's promise to recommend a life sentence, the defendant agreed to plead guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and to testify against his codefendant. However, when Hoffman reneged on the agreement to testify, the State withdrew from the bargain and proceeded to prosecute him and seek the death penalty. This Court concluded that the agreement should be treated as null and void because”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hunt v. State“We have held that a trial judge need not recite a finding of voluntariness if his having made such a finding is apparent from the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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