No. 18-5397
Alejandro Parra-Ramos v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure defendant-prejudice due-process government-misconduct judicial-discretion plain-error plea-agreement plea-agreement-breach prejudice prosecutorial-breach sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-recommendation sentencing-variance upward-variance
Key Terms:
Immigration
Immigration
Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
whether a defendant suffers prejudice when the government breaches a plea agreement by calling its agreed-upon recommendation irrational, and the court accordingly varies upward after agreeing that the recommendation is zany' and improvident
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a defendant suffers prejudice when the government breaches a plea agreement by calling its agreed-upon recommendation irrational, and the court accordingly varies upward after agreeing that the recommendation is “zany” and improvident. prefix
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 29, 2018)
Attorneys
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Alejandro Parra-Ramos
Michael Marks — Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
Michael Marks — Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner