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Gibson v. State

Citations

  • 803 S.W.2d 316
  • 1991 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 24
  • 1991 WL 16321

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  • Analogizing the discretionary nature of plea bargains, which are enforceable under specific performance, to the IADA compact, for the proposition that a prosecutor can relinquish at least some of its prosecutorial discretions in contractual arrangements.
  • where the appellant had “served a substantial portion of his sentence under the guilty plea” the Court found that specific performance was the only appropriate remedy.

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Judges: Campbell, Maloney

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