United States v. Kenneth R. Bruce

How courts have described this case

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• noting that such a recitation “suffice[s] to inform the defendant of the nature of the charges against him only in exceedingly simple and easily- understood cases”
• stating that the rule “simply commands that the judge not participate in, and remove him or herself from, any discussion of a plea agreement that has not yet been agreed to by the parties in open court”
• finding a violation of Rule 11(e)(1) even though the district court’s comments were “both compassionate and well-motivated”
• allowing defendant to withdraw plea in case where he pled guilty 1 day after Rule 11(c)(1) violation
• noting Rule 11(c)(1) creates a “‘bright-line rule’ . . . bar[ring] a judge from participating in plea bargaining”
• listing reasons for Rule ll’s prohibition on judicial involvement in plea discussions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).