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State v. Ross

Citations

  • 804 P.2d 112
  • 166 Ariz. 579
  • 67 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 38
  • 1990 Ariz. App. LEXIS 274

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  • holding that prosecutor commits reversible error by violating plea agreement with defendant, even absent showing of actual prejudice
  • where the 14-year-old defendant was sentenced to 25 years without the possibility of parole for sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl
  • “essential fairness” underlies 17 JONES v. RESPECT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE Opinion of the Court system of justice
  • State agreed to make no sentencing recommendation; prosecutor’s “rigorous[]” cross-examination of defense witnesses, challenge to defense assertion that defendant wavered before commission of crime “breached the ‘spirit of the inducement’ ” to plead
  • fundamental fairness precludes prosecution from violating terms of plea agreement
  • fundamental fairness precludes prosecution from violating terms of plea agreement

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Judges: Lankford, Jacobson, Grant

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