Legal Opinion
United States v. Melvin
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 17, 2013No. 12-1332PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In criminal cases, proffer sessions are commonly used as a means of facilitating plea negotiations. A defendant’s agreement to participate in a proffer session carries with it both potential risks and potential rewards.
To protect the proffering defendant against unfairness, prosecutors customarily offer assurances that they will not use what the defendant reveals at the proffer session against him should plea negotiations fail. In this case of first impression, the government promised the defendant that it would not use against him any “statements made or other…
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