Doe v. District Attorney for the Plymouth District

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• instructing the lower court to hold an evidentiary hearing because the parties raised substantial issues whether a plea agreement existed and its scope
• detri-mental reliance occurs not only when guilty plea is entered, but can also occur before defendant enters a guilty plea
• fairness requires that government abide by plea agreement once accused person reasonably has relied on it to his detriment, even if detrimental reliance occurs before entry of guilty plea
• defendant relied on exchange of cooperation for “leniency in sentencing”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).