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· 10/4/1990

United States v. Jimmy Lee Jefferies, Betty J. Jefferies

Citations

  • 908 F.2d 1520

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that the plea agreement \should be viewed against the background of the negotiations and should not be interpreted to directly contradict an oral understanding\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • ordering specific performance of plea agreement’s terms based on the Supreme Court’s holding in Santobello
  • stating a plea agreement that is ambiguous must be read against the government
  • collecting cases favoring specific performance

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Judges: Clark, Roney, Atkins

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