Legal Opinion
State v. Wenzel
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 17, 1981No. 64603, 64604PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGIVERIN, Justice.
May the trial court reject a plea agreement at time of sentencing even though the court had accepted the agreement when the defendant entered his guilty plea? We conclude the court can later reject the plea agreement when it allows defendant to withdraw his guilty plea. Therefore, we affirm.
Defendants Clarence and Donald Wenzel were charged by informations with rioting in violation of section 723.1, The Code 1979, in connection with a labor dispute. Pursuant to plea agreements, defendants entered pleas of guilty to the charges.
The terms of the plea agreements were that in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States Ex Rel. Elksnis v. GilliganDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- State v. KuchenreutherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- United States ex rel. Selikoff v. Commissioner of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. Claude L. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Myers v. FrazierWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- State Ex Rel. Brewer v. StarcherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
- State v. WagnerCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1992
- Banks v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983
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