State v. Horness

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that suggesting a more severe sentencing alternative is an example of expressing an implicit reservation about the sentence
• holding the prosecutor breached the plea agreement by informing the court of alternative recommendation and breached the plea agreement by requesting “an appropriate sentence”
• recognizing the plea agreement “is of little value to the defendant” if the State is allowed to recommend alternative sentences
• recognizing the plea agreement “is of little value to the defendant” if the State is allowed to recommend alternative sentences
• holding the prosecutor breached the plea agreement by informing the court of alternative recommendation and breached the plea agreement by requesting “an appropriate sentence”
• holding the record was adequate to consider ineffective-assistance claim on direct review because the record provided the terms of the plea agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).