Brooks v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “The trial judge was not bound to accept the negotiated sentence reached by the State and respondent.”
• “A trial judge is allowed broad discretion in sentencing within statutory limits.”
• \A [plea court] is allowed broad discretion in sentencing within statutory limits.\
• \A trial [court] is allowed broad discretion in sentencing within statutory limits.\
• \A trial judge is allowed broad discretion in sentencing within statutory limits. A sentence is not excessive if it is within statutory limitations and there are no facts supporting an allegation of prejudice against a defendant.\ (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Roddy v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-02-22· cited 33×
• In re M.B.H.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-04-19· cited 26×
• State v. Brouwer
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2001-07-23· cited 11×
• State v. Rikard
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2006-10-02· cited 7×
• State v. Green
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-08-02· cited 6×
• In Re MBH
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-04-19
• State v. Heath
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2021-06-02

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Holland v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-04-29· cited 52×
• State v. Sidell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1974-05-06· cited 3×