Legal Opinion
Braxton v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1974No. 7430PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted on a plea of guilty to the charge of Burglary I, while armed, (D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-1801 (a), 22-3202) and sentenced to a prison term of two to fifteen years. As a part of the bargaining process leading to the plea- appeal-lant had agreed that he would waive indictment on the charge to which he pled and the government had agreed that it would not prosecute a pending rape charge against him. 1 In addition, the government had agreed to waive its right of allocution at sentencing. 2
Appellant later moved the court to reduce his sentence to a term of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. William Eugene CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
- United States v. William Boyd Ewing, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. BrockmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- Alston v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- White v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Green v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- United States v. WarrenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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