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· 6/5/2002

United States v. Keresztury

Citations

  • 293 F.3d 750
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 10750
  • 2002 WL 1203814

How courts have described this case

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

  • where the Government has breached a plea agreement, the defendant is necessarily released from any appeal provision contained therein
  • where the Government has breached a plea agreement, the defendant is necessarily released from any appeal provision contained therein
  • “U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2 expressly forbids the application of Chapter Three (which includes § 3E1.1) to yield a result less than offense level 17.”
  • “[T]he government appears to be proposing some kind of harmless error excuse. . . . [We] reject this attempt by the government to excuse its action as harmless.”
  • “It is certainly inconsistent with a defendant’s reasonable understanding of a promise not to contest a reduction for acceptance of responsibility for the government to add its voice in support of the PSI recommendation that the defendant receive no such reduction.”
  • distinguishing issue of breach of plea agreement from sentencing issue

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Judges: Higginbotham, Wiener, Benavides

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