Poole v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “THE COURT: Alright. I told you in Chambers when this plea agreement was presented to me, and I looked at it, that I thought it was inappropriate. I called the State’s Attorney in your presence and talked to him about it, and I did, as you indicate, mention an alternative suggestion. Mr. Hassett, in outlining the facts, or your proffer of the facts and your recollection of them, you have overlooked the fact that you wanted it understood by the Court that if I disapproved or rejected the plea agreement, that your client would have the opportunity to withdraw the pleas of guilty that he would enter, and I gave you that assurance, that if the Court rejected the plea agreement that he would be afforded the opportunity to withdraw the pleas of guilty which it was anticipated he was going to enter. Secondly, I think you have overlooked the fact, and apparently Mr. Norman has as well, that there was to be a presentence investigation and the Court did not indicate, as you have said, that, under all circumstances, that the plea bargain that the Defendant and the State entered into would be approved.”

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

2. “If the plea agreement is approved, the judge shall embody in the judgment the agreed sentence ... or, with the consent of the parties, a disposition more favorable to the defendant than that provided for in the agreement.”

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

3. “inject certainty into the criminal justice system.”

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