United States v. Godfrey

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ACKER, District Judge.

This court is faced with a difficult but intriguing problem upon which there is an absence of authority.

Derane O’Neil Godfrey entered a plea of guilty on August 18, 1986, pursuant to a written plea agreement invoking Rule 11(e)(1)(C), F.R.Cr.P., which provides for what is sometimes described as a “lock- and-key job” covering all aspects of a criminal case disposition. Such a plea bargain has generally been thought of as one presented in a form which the trial court must either totally accept or totally reject. See Rule 11(e)(3). Godfrey’s particular…