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· 3/28/1988

People v. MacRander

Citations

  • 756 P.2d 356
  • 12 Brief Times Rptr. 492
  • 1988 Colo. LEXIS 40
  • 1988 WL 25114

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “a defendant’s detrimental reliance need not implicate constitutional rights”
  • holding that “a defendant’s detrimental reliance need not implicate constitutional rights”
  • “A prosecutor should not fail to comply with a plea agreement, unless a defendant fails to comply ... or other extenuating circumstances are present.”
  • “[W]e focus on the meaning a reasonable person might attach to the language of the agreement.”
  • \ [W] e focus on the meaning a reasonable person might attach to the language of the agreement.\
  • as a matter of due process, governmental promises, such as those made in plea negotiations, are enforceable to the extent that a defendant detrimentally relied on them

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Judges: Rovira

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