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· 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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