Legal Opinion
United States v. Kendrick Melton
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 10, 2017No. 15-15738, 15-15743PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ED CARNES, Chief Judge:
In negotiating a plea bargain both sides aim for the best terms they can get, placing bets on what the future will hold. The problem is that the future and certainty are strangers and not everyone wins a wager. Sometimes a deal, like a tattoo, does not age well and what appeared to be attractive in the past seems unattractive in the future. But plea agreements, like most tattoos, are written in permanent ink and cannot be redrawn just because one party suffers from the plea bargain form of buyer’s remorse. These cases are here because two defendants convinced the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. HowleCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Chicago Board of Education v. Substance, Inc. And George N. SchmidtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by6 opinions
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