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U.S. v. Allen, No. 07 Cr. 235 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y.) (550 F.Supp.2d 494) (April 30, 2008) (Judge Shira A. Scheindlin)

Loaded on July 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists July 14, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Pimentel Letters.

In U.S. v. Pimentel, 932 F.2d 1029 (2nd Cir. May 2, 1991), the Second Circuit sharply criticized a plea-bargaining tactic used by many prosecutors that had the effect of sand-bagging, if not outright deceiving, many defendants about the likely sentence that would be imposed as a result of their pleas. ...

 

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