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U.S. v. Spilmon, No. 05-3750 (7th Cir.) (454 F.3d 657) (July 19, 2006) (Judge Richard A. Posner)

Loaded on June 1, 2006 published in Punch and Jurists June 26, 2006
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Wired/Linked/Packaged Pleas.

Here the Court held that there was nothing inherently coercive or improper about a "package" plea in which the defendant pled guilty in exchange for an agreement from the prosecutor not to prosecute the defendant's wife.

This appeal addressed the propriety of "package" plea deals, in which a defendant pleads ...

 

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