Syms v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the trial court erred by denying defendant’s motion to enforce a plea agreement where an agreement as to terms was clearly made, but the State had changed its mind and no longer wanted to honor the plea agreement
• reversing the trial court’s denial of a motion to enforce a plea agreement
• reversing the trial court’s denial of a motion to enforce a plea agreement
• “A plea agreement is, in essence, a contract between a defendant and the State.”
• where State and defendant agreed to essential term of sentence to be served, the fact that agreement was silent 6 as to specific sentences for each charge did not render agreement unenforceable
• contract law can provide the framework for addressing disputes about plea agreements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• CAMPBELL v. THE STATE (Four Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-22· cited 15×
• State v. Dylan Jordan Grant
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-07-16
• Nijee Anderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-10-25
• State v. Ashley Rodriguez
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-12-04
• State v. Samuel Carlton Adams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-13
• State v. Dylan Jordan Grant
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-05-12
• State v. Hansel Echevarria
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-10-02
• Javier Torres-Toledo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-01-25
• Mikai Minter-King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-03-03

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Hanson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-09-08· cited 56×
• Johnson v. DeKalb County
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-14· cited 26×
• Sparks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-13· cited 23×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-05-05· cited 14×
• Rushin v. Ussery
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-09· cited 13×
• Glover v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-06· cited 12×
• Capitol Materials, Inc. v. Kellogg & Kimsey, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-02· cited 11×
• Gibson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-08-22· cited 8×