Hamlet v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
July 1997
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Johnson v. Zerbst · North Carolina v. Alford · Brady v. United States · MacHibroda v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[W]e see no intrinsic constitutional infirmity in broadening plea negotiations so as to permit third party beneficiaries.... Recognizing, however, that threats to prosecute third persons can carry leverage wholly unrelated to the validity of the underlying charge, we think that prosecutors who choose to use that technique must observe a high standard of good faith.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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