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· 11/24/1980

State v. Beckes

Citations

  • 300 N.W.2d 871
  • 100 Wis. 2d 1
  • 1980 Wisc. App. LEXIS 3260

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The concept of fundamental fairness does prohibit the government from breaking a promise which induced the defendant to take some action detrimental to [the defendant] in reliance on the bargain.”
  • plea bargains raise expectations of a particular disposition of a case; however, although these expectations can be easily shattered by a judge who declines to accept a plea bargain, judges are not required to accept plea bargains

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Judges: Gartzke, Bablitch, Dykman

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