U.S. v. Patterson, No. 00-30306 (9th Cir.) (381 F.3d 859) (August 20, 2004) (Judge A. Wallace Tashima)
Here the Court held that jeopardy attaches once a district court accepts a guilty plea, and thus, if the district court subsequently rejects the plea agreement, it does not thereby have the authority to vacate the plea itself.
This is an interesting decision that shows a small, but significant, new ...
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