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State v. Frazier

Citations

  • 697 So. 2d 944
  • 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 1849

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  • holding that the rules of contract law are applicable to plea agreements
  • holding that rules of contract law apply to plea agreements
  • applying principles of contract law and finding that state, having reaped benefits of the agreement, must be held to suffer its detriments
  • a party who reaps the benefits of the agreement must be held to its detriments
  • “the prosecution, having reaped the benefits of the agreement by securing the guilty plea, must be held to its detriments ... the state, above all parties, must keep its word.”
  • state required to nolle pross charges against third persons per plea agreement

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Judges: Schwartz, C.J., and Jorgenson and Levy

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