U.S. v. Johnson, No. 95-9377 (11th Cir.) (132 F.3d 628) (January 6, 1998) (Per Curiam)
Loaded on Feb. 1, 1998
published in Punch and Jurists
February 09, 1998
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Breach of Plea/Coop./Immunity Agreements.
This is another one of those cases in which the Court agreed that the Government had repudiated one of the provisions contained in the plea agreement; and yet it’s toothless remedy was to grant the defendant nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory.
In this case, the plea agreement stated: “The ...
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