U.S. v. Canada, No. 91-1691 (1st Cir.) (960 F.2d 263) (April 2, 1992) (Judge Levin H. Campbell)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 1994

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Breach of Plea/Coop./Immunity Agreements.

In this case, the Court held that an AUSA had violated the tems of a plea agreement when she "never . . . Affirmatively recommended a 36-month sentence and her comments seemed to undercut such a recommendation." (Id., at 268). The Court concluded that while the AUSA's comments "stopped short …

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