Legal Opinion

Green v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 7, 1977No. 11640PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MACK, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a refusal of the trial court to grant appellant’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty or, in the alternative, order the specific performance of a plea bargain agreement. We affirm.

By a written instrument referred to as a “Memorandum of Understanding,” appellant entered into a plea bargain agreement with the government after he was charged with two counts of narcotics possession (D.C.Code 1973, § 33-402). Briefly stated, in exchange for entering a plea of guilty to the charges, appellant was permitted to enroll in the Superior Court sponsored…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. United States v. Robert Louis Ammidown, United States of America v. Robert L. AmmidownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  3. Vincent E. Scott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  4. Anthony Correale v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
  5. Thomas Palermo and Sheldon Saltzman v. Warden, Green Haven State Prison, and Russell OswaldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Dublin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. Wood v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Baxter v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. State v. RosenbaumCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1979
  5. United States v. AndersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982

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