· 5/14/1982
United States v. Rodney Delegal
Citations
- 678 F.2d 47
- 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 19257
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a court must \articulate a sound reason for rejecting the plea\
- holding that it was an abuse of discretion for the district court to refuse to accept a guilty plea solely because one aspect of the agreement, though it was understood by both parties, was not contained in the written document submitted to the court
- concerning a court's discretion to reject a plea after considering the substantive terms of the agreement
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Judges: Swygert, Cudahy, Shadur
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