United States v. Savino Braxton

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• explaining that judicial intervention on behalf of plea agreement and forfeiture of right to trial is inconsistent with court’s role as neutral arbiter
• finding that the district court's advice to defendant encouraging him to accept the guilty plea fell outside Frye 's permitted inquiry and thus was impermissible participation
• finding Rule 11 violation based on district court’s repeated comments, made after memorializing plea offer, suggesting that plea would be in defendant’s best interest, and that he would receive more favorable sentence if he pleaded guilty
• Rule 11 error where district court “repeatedly spoke in favor of the plea agreement, opining that it would be best for [the defendant] to take the government’s offer and forgo trial”

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