United States v. Jaime Padilla

How courts have described this case

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• noting that ambiguities 19 in a plea agreement must be resolved in the defendant’s favor because of the government’s 20 “awesome advantages in bargaining power”
• directing resentencing before a different judge because \reassignment is advisable to preserve the appearance of justice\
• reassigning the case based on the district judge’s remarks to counsel and the defendant
• “In view of the district judge’s statements, particularly regarding Padilla’s counsel, the appearance of justice would best be preserved by reassignment.”
• agreement “failed to enumerate specifically the right to withdraw the motion”
• agreement “failed to enumerate specifically the right to withdraw the motion”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).