Jerome Alexander Griffin v. Commonwealth of Virginia

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• stating that “[o]nce accepted, courts generally treat plea agreements as binding contracts . . . subject to constitutional considerations”
• stating that “[o]nce accepted, courts generally treat plea agreements as binding contracts . . . []subject to constitutional considerations”
• treating plea agreements accepted by the circuit court as “binding contracts”
• prejudice outweighed any equities favoring the motion to withdraw in part because the Commonwealth had moved to nolle pros charges under the plea agreement and the defendant had stipulated in the plea agreement that withdrawing the plea would prejudice the Commonwealth

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