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Fifth Circuit· 10/23/2007

United States v. Puckett

Citations

  • 505 F.3d 377
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 24783
  • 2007 WL 3076939

How courts have described this case

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

  • affirming on plain error review where government admitted that it had breached plea agreement but defendant could not show prejudice
  • affirming on plain error review where government admitted that it had breached plea agreement but defendant could not show prejudice
  • noting that plain-error review applies to forfeited errors
  • “A handful of this court’s cases, unfortunately, are inconsistent” with earlier precedent, and they are therefore “not controlling”
  • “A handful of this court’s cases, unfortunately, are inconsistent” with earlier precedent, and they are therefore “not controlling”

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Judges: Jones, Reavley, Smith

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