Legal Opinion

United States v. Alcala-Sanchez

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 10, 2012No. 11-50030PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Sergio Alcala-Sanchez (“Alcala”) appeals the sentence imposed after he pled guilty to being a deported alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Alcala contends that the govern ment breached the plea agreement, notwithstanding the government’s later admission that it made a mistake in its initial sentencing recommendation and its substitution of the recommendation to which Alcala and the government had agreed in the plea agreement. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We vacate Alcala’s sentence and remand for resentencing before a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Phillip SCHUMAN, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  3. United States v. Ray Lawrence MondragonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  4. United States v. Mark Wesley Johnson,defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  5. United States v. Ismail Kurkculer, A/K/A George MurphyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. United States v. WhitneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  2. United States v. Oppenheimer-TorresCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  3. United States v. HerediaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
  4. United States v. ManzoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  5. United States v. Christopher PurserCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014

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