Legal Opinion
United States v. Judy Marietta Castello
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 24, 1984No. 83-3057PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Castello appeals the denial of her motion to withdraw her guilty plea before sentencing pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 32(d). The question is whether the prosecutor’s “all-or-nothing” plea offer to Castello and her co-defendants constituted improper coercion that rendered her plea involuntary. We hold that it did not.
FACTS
Castello was indicted on December 22, 1982 on one count of mail fraud and one count of false declarations before a grand jury. The indictment charged that Castel-lo, Alvin Martin, and two others defrauded insurance companies by filing false claims…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States v. Anthony J. TursiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by54 opinions
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