(DOWNLOAD) "Byrd v. State" by Florida Court of Appeals " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Byrd v. State
- Author : Florida Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 10, 2001
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 48 KB
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Dorothy J. Russell, Judge. This case reflects the hazards of judicial plea negotiations. The supreme court held in State v. Warner, 762 So. 2d 507 (Fla. 2000), that Florida recognizes a form of judicial plea negotiation even over the objection of the State. The form approved is that the court may make a pre-trial evaluation of what an appropriate sentence for the offense would be regardless of whether the defendant pleads or goes to trial, based on the information then available to the judge. Warner cautioned that judges should neither state nor imply that the sentence would vary depending on the choice made by defendant.