Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 28 state decisions

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1. “Q. If you commit any one of those three conditions, then my commitment is off and I can give you anything I want to, up to two consecutive life sentences. You understand that? A. Yes. Q. Now you’re pleading guilty for two reasons. One, you did commit the robbery, using the robbery, using a knife, like you’re charged with, didn’t you? A. Yes. Q. And you are also pleading guilty because you know what I’m going to do to you? A. Yes. Q. And that includes the conditions that I have attached— A. Yes. Q. —which we have just talked about, do you understand that — don’t you? It’s all part of the same package. I’ve made a commitment to you as long as you keep your commitment to me; that is, that you show up, you don’t commit any more criminal offenses and you don’t contact [the state’s witness]. Okay? A. Yes. Q. Is there anything about any one of those three conditions that you feel that you cannot abide by? A. No, sir. Q. Any difficulty, at all, about abiding by any one of those three commitments? A. No, sir. Q. All right. Now, you know what will happen if you violate any one of the three don’t you? A. Yes. Q. I’ll use my own discretion at that time as to what the sentence will be and I’m not [sic] released from my commitment as far as I’m concerned and if you have any difficulty with accepting that, I want you to tell me right now before I accept your plea of guilty. A. No, sir, I don’t have any difficulties. Q. You’re willing to accept that, so that sentencing will be deferred until”

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