Legal Opinion

United States v. Ismail Kurkculer, A/K/A George Murphy

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 7, 1990No. 89-1266PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This ease presents the question, left unanswered by the Supreme Court in Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 92 S.Ct. 495, 30 L.Ed.2d 427 (1971), of the appropriate remedy for a breach by the prosecution of a plea bargain agreement. Santobello left the .choice of remedy, within certain boundaries, to the discretion of the state court, “which [was] in a better position to decide [what] the circumstances of [the] case requirefd].” Id. at 263, 92 S.Ct. at 499, 30 L.Ed.2d at 433.

Although the Santobello Court did not identify the constitutional basis of the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Ohio v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Gregg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. United States v. Claude L. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
  5. United States v. Pedro M. Gonzalez-Sanchez, United States of America v. Carlos Latorre, United States of America v. Manuel Parrilla-MarquezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by61 opinions

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  2. United States v. Barney Canada, A/K/A Byron Levon CanadaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  3. United States v. Thomas Tyson ConnerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
  4. United States v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  5. Alejandro Margalli-Olvera v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995

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