Abernathy v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the conditions of probation “are designed to ensure that the probation serves as a period of genuine rehabilitation and that the public is not harmed by a probationer living within the community”
• “Probation is a criminal sanction wherein a convicted defendant specifically agrees to accept conditions upon his behavior in lieu of imprisonment.”
• trial court did not abuse its discretion by imposing previously-suspended sentence, even though it resulted in total period of incarceration that exceeded plea agreement’s cap on executed time
• trial court is given discretion to accept or reject plea agreement and, if it accepts plea agreement, trial court is strictly bound thereby and is precluded from imposing any sentence other than that required by plea agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).