· 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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