· 6/22/1987
Ricketts v. Adamson
Citations
- 483 U.S. 1
- 107 S. Ct. 2680
- 97 L. Ed. 2d 1
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2866
- 55 U.S.L.W. 4914
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the interpretation of a state court plea agreement is, “within broad bounds of reasonableness, [a] matter[ ] of state law”
- noting that the defendant’s argulnent that his plea agreement did not require him to testify was “an interpretation of the agreement that proved erroneous”
- “[T]he construction of [a] plea agreement and the concomitant obligations flowing therefrom are, within broad bounds of reasonableness, matters of state law.”
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Judges: White, Rehnquist, Powell, O'Connor, Scalia, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens
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