United States v. Joseph Corsentino

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• resentencing by a different judge necessary when prosecutor argued for a harsh sentence after agreeing to “take no position at sentencing”
• finding that the government breached the plea agreement when, despite its agreement to \take no position\ on the defendant's sentence, it advocated against permitting the possibility that the defendant might receive an earlier parole
• finding that the government breached the plea agreement when, despite its agreement to \take no position\ on the defendant's sentence, it advocated against permitting the possibility that the defendant might receive an earlier parole
• promise to take no position on sentencing violated by opposition to sentence making defendant eligible for early parole
• direct appeal from a guilty plea “is not the traditional appellate review after trial contemplated by Frady ... [and a Rule 35 motion] seeking an exercise of the District Court’s discretion to reduce [a] sentence, is not a waiver of defects that are normally presented upon a collateral attack”

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