U.S. v. Patterson, No. 00-30306 (9th Cir.) (381 F.3d 859) (August 20, 2004) (Judge A. Wallace Tashima)
Loaded on Oct. 1, 2004
published in Punch and Jurists
October 11, 2004
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Double jeopardy,
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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 …
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- U.S. v. Patterson, No. 00-30306 (9th Cir.) (381 F.3d 859) (August 20, 2004) (Judge A. Wallace Tashima)
- U.S. v. Green, No. Crim. No. 02-10301-NG (D.Mass.) (343 F.Supp.2d 23) (November 3, 2004) (Judge Nancy Gertner)
- U.S. v. Lopez, No. 02-1412 (2nd Cir.) (385 F.3d 245) (October 1, 2004) (Judge John M. Jr. Walker)
- U.S. v. Moeller, No. 03-3011 (8th Cir.) (383 F.3d 710) (September 3, 2004) (Judge James B. Loken)
- U.S. v. Kaur, No. 03-30306 (9th Cir.) (382 F.3d 1155) (September 10, 2004) (Judge Harry Pregerson)
- Loritz v. U.S. Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit, No. 04-15028 (9th Cir.) (382 F.3d 990) (February 4, 2000) (Per Curiam)
- U.S. v. Tzoc-Sierra, No. 03-10490 (9th Cir.) (387 F.3d 978) (October 13, 2004) (Judge Jr. William C. Canby)
- U.S. v. Gomes, No. 04-1004-CR (2nd Cir.) (387 F.3d 157) (October 25, 2004) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs)
- U.S. v. Green, No. Crim. No. 02-10301-NG (D.Mass.) (324 F.Supp.2d 311) (July 7, 2004) (Judge Nancy Gertner)
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