United States v. Kevin Guy Harris

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• holding that conduct from dismissed counts cannot be relied upon as a basis for departure
• holding that consideration of conduct underlying dismissed counts to support an upward departure is inappropriate
• emphasizing the court’s power under Rule 11 to reject the plea agreement rather than thwart the parties’ expectations as to the ultimate disposition of the case
• remanding the case to the district court with instructions either to resentence the defendant, or to reject the plea agreement and allow Harris to withdraw his plea
• emphasizing the court's power under Rule 11 to reject the plea agreement rather than thwart the parties' expectations as to the ultimate disposition of the case
• once court accepted plea agreement, parties had \reasonable expectation\ that court would sentence within appropriate Guidelines range

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