Byrd v. United States

Although I agree with the majority that there is no basis for us to direct that appellant’s guilty plea be withdrawn, I disagree with its remedy for the prosecutor’s failure to abide by the terms of the plea agreement because it unnecessarily interferes with the trial court’s broad discretion in sentencing and gives appellant more than he was entitled to under the agreement.

As an appellate court, we generally have no authority to direct the trial court to impose a particular sentence. See Rider v. United States, 687 A.2d 1348, 1353 n. 10 (D.C.1996) (“We have long recognized that the trial…