Supreme Court· 4/21/1986

Jackson v. United States

Citations

475 U.S. 1120
106 S. Ct. 1636
54 U.S.L.W. 3697
90 L. Ed. 2d 182
1986 U.S. LEXIS 1876

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noting that agents assisting the prosecution as government personnel under Fed.R.Crim.P. 6(e)(3)(A)(ii) did not seek “access to the grand jury’s materials for purely civil purposes”
discussing trial judge's refusal to excuse two trial jurors for cause thus requiring defendant's use of peremptory challenges
government promise to recommend reduced sentence does not render plea agreement contingent
“[T]he failure to appear ordinarily does not subject one to summary contempt.... The protection of Rule 42(b) is usually necessary because the judge normally does not know why the alleged contemnor did not appear.”
government promise to recommend reduced sentence does not render plea agreement contingent
although defendant was summarily cited for contempt for being absent from court, the trial court would undoubtedly have modified its judgment had defendant's subsequent explanation brought to light facts not already known to the court

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