Legal Opinion
United States v. Amin Ataya
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 14, 1988No. 87-2858PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Senior District Judge.
In this appeal we are presented with the task of interpreting the terms of a plea agreement; namely, whether the defendant, Amin Ataya, breached the cooperation clause in his plea agreement and is therefore subject to reindictment on a charge previously dismissed pursuant to that agreement. We find that the defendant breached his plea agreement and accordingly vacate the order of the district court dismissing the superseding indictment.
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The defendant, Amin Ataya, and a co-defendant, Mustafa Syammach, were arrested on June 11, 1986, and subsequently indicted by the…
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