Legal Opinion
Dotson v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 7, 1991No. 58, September Term, 1990PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge,
retired, Specially Assigned.
Plea agreements 1 have evolved to become a viable aid in the administration of criminal justice systems of this State and the nation. In State v. Brockman, 277 Md. 687, 357 A.2d 376 (1976), we considered the role plea agreements now play. We said:
The simple fact is that today plea agreements account for the disposition of an overwhelming percentage of all criminal cases. If this were not so, but rather every case entailed a full-scale trial, state and federal courts would be flooded, and court facilities as well as personnel would have…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Randall Book Corp. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
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3Cited by36 opinions
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