Legal Opinion

United States v. James Edwards Adams

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 19, 1981No. 80-1140PublishedCited by 129 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

James Edward Adams was convicted after a jury trial in the District Court for the Northern District of Texas of three counts of using a telephone in the furtherance of a conspiracy to distribute heroin and was sentenced by the trial judge to three consecutive four year prison terms. Adams does not challenge the fairness of his trial or of his sentencing; instead, he seeks to enforce a purported plea bargain pursuant to which he was to plead guilty to two of the counts in exchange for a probated sentence. We do not believe that Adams is entitled to specifically enforce…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  4. La Buy v. Howes Leather Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Silber v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by129 opinions

  1. United States v. Michael G. Thevis, Alton Bart Hood, Global Industries, Inc., Anna Jeanette EvansCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  2. Hoskins v. MaricleKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
  3. United States v. Michael Lee SammonsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. Franjo Ivic, Nedjelko Sovulj, Ivan Cale and Stipe Ivkosic, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983

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