U.S. v. Yeje-Cabrera, No. 03-1329 (1st Cir.) (430 F.3d 1) (November 2, 2005) (Judge Sandra L. Lynch)
In a decision that strongly endorses prosecutorial control over plea-bargaining, the Court held that a district court may not punish the prosecution by giving a lower sentence because the Government engaged in impermissible fact-bargaining.
This 62-page decision addressed a number of issues that were raised by three different defendants who ...
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