United States v. Arthur James Wessels

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• holding that “a presumption of prejudice arises from a 13 plaintiff’s unexplained failure to prosecute”
• remanding sentencing decision after finding the lower court had judicially noticed which variant of a specific drug the defendant was trafficking and consequently extended the defendant’s sentence
• Where consummation of plea agreement was contingent upon the district court's approval, defendant could not show that the government had gained an unfair advantage over him by withdrawing the plea offer.
• indictment will ordinarily be held sufficient unless it is so defective that it cannot be said by any reasonable construction to charge the offense for which the defendant was convicted

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