Court of Appeals of Utah· 5/23/1996

State v. Yates

Citations

918 P.2d 136
291 Utah Adv. Rep. 4
1996 Utah App. LEXIS 55
1996 WL 272994

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noting that Utah law clearly entitles a defendant “to a lesser sentence when the legislature reduces the penalty for the crime charged in the interim between commission of the offense and sentencing”
noting that “in plea agreement cases, the ‘facts’ listed in final, often amended, charging documents follow from an agreed upon penalty” and that pleas “are entered based upon imaginary or fictional sets of facts”
stating supreme court has determined defendant’s actions that delay sentencing are irrelevant to trial court’s sentence, and that “[d]ilatory as well as diligent defendants are entitled to the benefit of the legislature’s amended punishments and lesser sentences”

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Judges: Davis, Bench and Jackson

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