prosecutorial-breach

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5172 Jose Antonio Deleon-Juarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split plain-error plain-error-review plea-agreement prosecutor-breach prosecutorial-breach sentencing substantial-rights Does a prosecutor's breach of a plea agreement affect a defendant's substantial rights under plain error review?
18-5397 Alejandro Parra-Ramos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 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 whether a defendant suffers prejudice when the government breaches a plea agreement by calling its agreed-upon recommendation irrational, and the cour…