Legal Opinion

United States v. Samuel Franklin Vale

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 21, 1974No. 73-3682PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves an alleged broken plea bargain in which Samuel Franklin Yale received a maximum ten year sentence for violating the Marijuana Tax Act, 26 U.S.C.A. § 4744(a)(2), instead of a hoped for five year sentence. Vale alleges that the assistant United States attorney failed to fulfill the plea bargain by not recommending to the District Court that Vale receive only a five year sentence to run concurrently with a five year sentence previously received for jumping bond, 18 U.S.C.A. § 3150. The District Court found that the prosecutor promised to make such a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. United States v. William Boyd Ewing, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  3. United States of America Ex Rel. Wallace Culbreath v. Alfred t.rundleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
  4. United States v. Wesley Clyde BrownCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  5. Andrew Mawson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Lawrence Leroy Farrow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Joseph J. MaggioCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  3. United States v. Engin Kamil Yesil and Yalie Golan, United States of America v. Glenn Gert Deppe, A/K/A "Vern" LnuCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. Engin Kamil Yesil and Yalie Golan, United States of America v. Glenn Gert Deppe, A/K/A "Vern" LnuCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. Joseph HorovitzCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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