Supreme Court of Kansas· 12/9/1988

State v. Wills

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765 P.2d 1114
244 Kan. 62
1988 Kan. LEXIS 235

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finding plea agreement that is reasonably susceptible to different interpretations is ambiguous and must be strictly construed in favor of defendant
court will not enforce waivers of appellate rights beyond scope of plea agreement; “[l]ike most waivers, a defendant’s waiver of his right to appeal . . . is to be construed narrowly”
where plea agreement involving favorable sentencing recommendation by state was silent on state’s obligations at hearing to modify sentence, ambiguity must be resolved in favor of defendant such that state is bound by earlier recommendation
where plea agreement involving favorable sentencing recommendation by state was silent on state's obligations at hearing to modify sentence, ambiguity must be resolved in favor of defendant such that state is bound by earlier recommendation
applying contract law to ambiguous plea agreement
ambiguous plea agreements read strictly against the State

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Judges: Allegrucci, Six

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