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· 11/3/1992

United States v. James Lewis Savage

Citations

  • 978 F.2d 1136
  • 978 F.3d 1136
  • 92 Daily Journal DAR 14866
  • 92 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8993
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 28356
  • 1992 WL 314222

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “neither the defendant nor the government is bound by a plea agreement until it is approved by the court”
  • explaining that a defendant’s detrimental reliance is an exception to the general rule that defendants are not entitled to enforcement of unconsummated plea agreements

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Judges: Poole, Fernandez, Nelson

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