· 12/15/1980
United States v. Albert Harris, III
Citations
- 635 F.2d 526
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 11426
- 7 Fed. R. Serv. 550
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding joinder of three offenses involving stealing U.S. mail at different times was permissible because “all counts involved interference with the mail”
- “If the court puts its imprimatur on a plea offer, the defendant might be coerced into taking it . . . .”
- “The trial court must not penalize the defendant for exercising his constitutional right to plead not guilty and go to trial; whether or not the defendant exercises his right to trial must have no bearing on the sentence he receives.”
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Judges: Brown, Kennedy, Cecil
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