prosecutorial-promise
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-1073 | Ghislaine Maxwell v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-04-14 | Denied | Amici (1) | contract-interpretation district-court federal-prosecutors plea-agreement prosecutorial-promise santobello-principle | Under Santobello and common principles of contract interpretation, does a promise on behalf of the 'United States' or the 'Government' that is made by… |
| 23-1193 | Favion Lara v. Nebraska | Nebraska | 2024-05-06 | Denied | Response Waived | breach-of-agreement criminal-procedure due-process government-breach plea-agreement police prosecutor prosecutorial-promise sentencing | Where a plea agreement includes the prosecutor's promise that the State will recommend a particular sentence, does a police officer's recommendation o… |
| 19-8553 | Devian Phillips v. Ohio | Ohio | 2020-05-28 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights constitutional-validity contract-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct guilty-plea plea-bargaining plea-inducement prosecutorial-promise | Whether a guilty plea is voluntarily and intelligently made when it rests on a promise or agreement of the prosecutor that cannot be fulfilled |