Santobello v. New York

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued November 15, 1971
Decided December 20, 1971

Full case name

Santobello v. New York

Citations

92 S. Ct. 495; 30 L. Ed. 2d 427; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 1

Court membership

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan, Jr Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun

Case opinions

Majority

Burger, joined by Douglas, White, Blackmun

Concurrence

Douglas

Concur/dissent

Marshall, joined by Brennan, Stewart

Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257 (1971), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the sentence of the defendant should be vacated because the plea agreement specified that the prosecutor would not recommend a sentence, but the prosecutor breached the agreement by recommending the maximum sentence.

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