United States v. Felix Santiago Soto

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• defendant was “not placed in jeopardy in any meaningful sense” when trial court preliminarily accepted but then rejected guilty plea during same hearing
• “acceptance of a guilty plea is legally different from a conviction based on a jury’s verdict” and holding jeopardy did not attach when court accepted guilty plea then rejected it without having imposed sentence and rendered judgment

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