Court Opinion

ID: 9534262
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:38:04.819283+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:58.491229
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McCown, J.,
concurring in result only.
My views with respect to permitting the withdrawal of a guilty plea if the trial court is unwilling to accept the sentence concessions contemplated by a plea bargain are set out in State v. Evans, 194 Neb. 559, 234 N. W. 2d 199. The opinion in the case at bar cites only State v. Evans in support of its holding. The last paragraph of the dissent in Evans is therefore still appropriate. “It is noteworthy that not one case is cited in support of the majority holding here. It is difficult to understand the reluctance of the court to accept a rule which all federal courts and an overwhelming majority of all state courts already follow. We are cited to no state court which recognizes plea discussions and plea agreements as an appropriate part of the administration of criminal justice which has refused to follow the rule since Santobello v. New York, 404 U. S. 257, 92 S. Ct. 495, 30 L. *755Ed. 2d 427 (1971). The majority opinion here is a step backward in the continuing search for even-handed justice.”
I strongly reaffirm the principles set out in my dissent in State v. Evans, supra.