Josephs v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the appellate court “will sustain a court’s exercise of discretion if the court: (1) examined the relevant facts; (2) applied a proper standard of law; and (3) using a demonstrably rational process, reached a conclusion that a reasonable judge could reach”
• explaining that the appellate court “will sustain a court’s exercise of discretion if the court: (1) examined the relevant facts; (2) applied a proper standard of law; and (3) using a demonstrably rational process, reached a conclusion that a reasonable judge could reach”
• “[A] sensible — and important — starting point for a [trial] court evaluating a plea is to consider the reasons stated by the prosecutor and defense counsel for recommending the plea agreement.”
• “[A] sensible — and important — starting point for a [trial] court evaluating a plea is to consider the reasons stated by the prosecutor and defense counsel for recommending the plea agreement.”
• “[T]he rejection [of a plea agreement] is reviewed as an exercise of discretion.”
• “[T]he rejection [of a plea agreement] is reviewed as an exercise of discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).