Keller v. People

How courts have described this case

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

• a prosecutor may withdraw an accepted offer only if the plea agreement calls for an illegal sentence or the defendant materially and substantially breaches the agreement
• absent a specific provision, defendant's appeal waiver did not preclude a collateral attack of his sentence
• “[P]lea agreements are contractual in nature and should be interpreted in accordance with contract principles.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Isaacks
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2006-04-24· cited 772×
• People v. Banuelos-Landa
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-12-02· cited 169×
• United States v. Landeros-Arreola
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-07-27· cited 32×
• People v. Melara
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2025-05-15· cited 32×
• Elmore v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-09-21· cited 19×
• People v. Romero
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2008-10-30· cited 16×
• SER Bryan D. Thompson v. Hon. Joseph C. Pomponio, Judge
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-04-23· cited 15×
• People v. Canody
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2007-05-17· cited 6×
• People v. Sanders
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2009-10-15· cited 5×
• Anthony v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2014-06-27· cited 5×
• Rangeview, LLC v. City of Aurora
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-07-14· cited 5×
• v. Propst
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2021-02-11· cited 4×
• People v. Mazzarelli
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-03-10· cited 2×
• People v. Mazzarelli
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2019-07-01· cited 2×

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Craig v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1999-10-04· cited 315×
• St. James v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1997-12-08· cited 214×
• People v. Romero
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-11-09· cited 84×
• People v. Fuqua
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1988-11-07· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Kroh
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-22· cited 59×
• State v. Wills
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1988-12-09· cited 57×
• State v. Mares
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-11-17· cited 57×
• Chae v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-09-18· cited 55×
• United States v. Sandoval-Lopez
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-08-08· cited 55×
• People v. Pate
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1994-07-11· cited 38×
• People Ex Rel. VanMeveren v. DIST. CT., ETC.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1978-02-21· cited 38×
• People v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1978-01-16· cited 37×
• Benavidez v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1999-10-04· cited 35×
• People v. Mason
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1971-12-27· cited 32×
• State v. Serstock
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1987-03-20· cited 31×
• Gaston v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1988-04-07· cited 31×
• People v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1999-01-11· cited 29×
• Benson v. McCormick
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1978-05-15· cited 23×
• People v. McCormick
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1993-10-25· cited 21×
• People v. Murdock
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1975-02-18· cited 18×