United States v. Villa-Vazquez

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• recognizing the “heightened responsibility” placed on the government as “to all matters relating to the plea agreement” (quoting United States v. Wood, 378 F.3d 342, 348 (4th Cir.2004))
• because the enforceability of a plea agreement is to some extent “a matter of constitutional due process,” the government has a “heightened responsibility”
• government breached agreement to recommend low-end sentence when it recommended an upward departure and variance; agreement to recommend low-end sentence implies that government will not seek departure or variance from sentencing range calculated under Guidelines
• explaining test for when government breaches plea agreement

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