United States v. Gino Brunetti

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• recognizing that a guilty plea can be challenged based on lack of consideration
• noting that defendant had received the benefit of the bargain where he “decided to trade a guilty plea for a chance at a reduced sentence”
• “[A] guilty plea can be challenged for contractual invalidity, including invalidity based on a lack of consideration.”
• “[T]he ex post worthlessness of the considera- USCA11 Case: 21-13736 Date Filed: 09/28/2022 Page: 5 of 6 21-13736 Opinion of the Court 5 tion he received does not render nugatory the ex ante value of what [the defendant] got.”
• “[A] chance at a reduced sentence” is 13 consideration.

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