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Supreme Court· 3/25/2009

Puckett v. United States

Citations

  • 556 U.S. 129
  • 129 S. Ct. 1423
  • 173 L. Ed. 2d 266
  • 2009 U.S. LEXIS 2330

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that plain error requires reversal if it “seriously affects the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings” (emphasis added) (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • holding that plain error requires reversal if it “seriously affects the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings” (emphasis added) (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • holding that plain-error review applies to a claim that the government breached a plea agreement when the defendant failed to object in the district court
  • recognizing that the defendant was ineligible for an acceptance of responsibility reduction even in the absence of the government’s breach due to his commission of additional post-plea offenses
  • holding that a plain-error review is appropriate in the context of failing to object to the government’s breach of a plea agreement
  • holding that a plain-error review is appropriate in the context of failing to object to the government's breach of a plea agreement

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Judges: Scalia, Souter, Stevens

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