U.S. v. Velez Carrero, No. 95-1351 (1st Cir.) (77 F.3d 11) (February 27, 1996) (Judge Conrad K. Cyr)
Loaded on April 1, 1996
published in Punch and Jurists
April 01, 1996
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Breach of Plea/Coop./Immunity Agreements.
Case held that "because plea bargaining requires defendants to waive fundamental constitutional rights, we hold prosecutors engaging in plea bargaining to 'the most meticulous standards of both promise and performance'." (Id. At 11).
This is a rare case in which a sentence was vacated because the Court agreed with the …
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