Government of the Virgin Islands v. Raymond Scotland and St. Clair Springette. Appeal of St. Clair Springette

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• stating that, if “the defendant detrimentally relies on the government’s promise, the resulting harm from this induced reliance implicates due process guarantees”
• Government may withdraw plea offer after defendant has accepted it, so long as defendant has not yet entered guilty plea or suffered prejudice
• “no rational basis for holding ... that a trial is sufficient for the defendant who has not been offered a plea and insufficient for the one who has”
• if “the defendant detrimentally relies on the government’s promise, the resulting harm from this induced reliance implicates due process”
• no rational basis for holding that jury trial is sufficient for defendant who has not been offered plea bargain and insufficient for one who has
• “[The] basic estoppel principle was recognized by the [U.S. Supreme] Court in Santobello\\ when a defendant pleads guilty in reliance on an agreement with the prosecutor, that promise must be fulfilled.”

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