Legal Opinion
United States v. Nathaniel Williams
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1995No. 94-5329PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge RUSSELL wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge CHASANOW joined.
OPINION
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the issue of whether a state prosecutor, in the context of plea negotiations, can threaten a criminal defendant with a more severe federal prosecution if the defendant refuses to plead guilty to the state charges and to cooperate with the police.
I
Nathaniel Williams was charged in the General District Court of the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia with two counts of distributing “crack” cocaine, a felony offense under…
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