Skomer v. State

How courts have described this case

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• reversing denial of motion to withdraw guilty plea when trial judge had “stated that while he would consider giving the appellants probation if they pled guilty, he would not consider giving them probation if they stood trial and were found guilty by a jury”
• stressing the “enormous difference” between “being reminded by the state that rejection of a plea proposal may result in a greater punishment and being told by the trial judge that a rejection of a plea proposal will result in greater punishment in the event of a conviction by a jury”
• court improperly participated in plea negotiations when it stated that it would consider giving defendants probation if they pled guilty
• trial judge telling defendants “that a rejection of a plea proposal will result in a greater punishment in the event of a conviction by a jury” was improper participation in plea process
• withdrawal of guilty pleas appropriate following judge’s statement “that while he would consider giving the appellants probation if they pled guilty, he would not consider giving them probation if they stood trial and were found guilty by a jury”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).