DIEUDONNE v. STATE

No. 54491.

245 P.3d 1202 (2011)

Abell DIEUDONNE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Schieck , Special Public Defender, and JoNell Thomas , Deputy Special Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carson City; David J. Roger , District Attorney, Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Susan M. Pate , Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

By the Court, CHERRY, J.:

In this appeal, we consider whether a criminal defendant holds an absolute right to be sentenced by the judge who accepted his or her plea. We conclude that there is no such right absent an express agreement or indication by the defendant that the plea was entered with that expectation. In this case, there was no such express agreement, and we decline to imply one based on the judge's use of a personal pronoun during...

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