Puckett v. United States

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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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