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· 12/20/1971

Santobello v. New York

Citations

  • 404 U.S. 257
  • 92 S. Ct. 495
  • 30 L. Ed. 2d 427
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 1

How courts have described this case

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  • “[W]hen a plea rests in any significant degree on a promise or agreement of the prosecutor, so that it can be said to be part of the inducement or consideration, such promise must be fulfilled.”

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Judges: Burger, Douglas, Marshall, Brennan, Stewart

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