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U.S. v. Rodriguez, No. 97-2002 (1st Cir.) (162 F.3d 135) (December 7, 1998) (Judge Juan R. Torruella)

Here the Court rejected a constitutional challenge that the enormous disparity between sentences given to those who plead guilty versus those who go to trial constituted an impermissible "chilling" of the defendant's right to a jury trial.

The Government hates trials. They are expensive and they are uncertain. But most ...

 

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