Legal Opinion
State v. James
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided April 8, 1993No. 92-1144-CR, 92-1145-CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEich, C.J.
We decide in this case that in accepting a negotiated plea for probation, the trial court should but is not required to advise the defendant of the potential maximum term to which he or she would be subjected in the event probation is revoked.
John W. James pled no contest to two counts of bail jumping and one count of battery. The trial court, accepting the state's plea-bargained recommendation, withheld sentence and placed him on probation for five years. After his probation was revoked, James was returned to court and sentenced, as a repeater, to a total of nineteen years on the three…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. BangertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1986
- Joseph F. Cuthrell v. Director, Patuxent InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- State v. ReppinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- Joseph Torrey v. Wayne EstelleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- State v. BolligWisconsin Supreme Court · 2000
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- Barnett v. StateHawaii Supreme Court · 1999
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