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Caldwell v. State

Citations

  • 747 S.W.2d 99
  • 295 Ark. 149
  • 1988 Ark. LEXIS 106

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  • If the guilty plea has not been entered by the court, the State is free to withdraw.
  • If the guilty plea has not been entered by the court, the State is free to withdraw.
  • absent showing of acceptance of plea of guilty based upon agreement and absent showing of other detrimental reliance upon agreement, defendant is not entitled to enforcement of it
  • “[A]bsent a showing of acceptance of a plea of guilty based upon agreement and absent a showing of other detrimental reliance upon the agreement, Caldwell was not entitled to enforcement of it.”
  • “The parties have no power to bind the court, and thus it is illusory to say the state is bound by |gjsuch an agreement before it is consummated by the acceptance of a guilty plea by the court.”

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Judges: Newbern, Purtle

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