United States v. Edward Lee Bean

How courts have described this case

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• holding that although the plea bargain was cast in the form of a dismissal of a count, the district judge properly exercised reasonable discretion in rejecting the plea bargain in order to impose an appropriate sentence
• reversing trial judges’ plea bargain rejections only where arbitrary and capricious and normally only where the sentencing decision jeopardizes a constitutional right
• reviewing reasons proffered by district court for rejecting plea agreement under abuse of discretion standard
• reviewing reasons proffered by district court for rejecting plea agreement under abuse of discretion standard
• affirming rejection of plea agreement where sentence did not reflect defendant's \dangerous character\
• affirming rejection of plea agreement where sentence did not reflect defendant’s “dangerous character”

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