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

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holding that plain error requires reversal if it âseriously affects the fairness, integrity or publicÂ reputation of judicial proceedingsâ (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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