Legal Opinion
United States v. Barney Canada, A/K/A Byron Levon Canada
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 2, 1992No. 91-1691PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Barney Canada, a/k/a Byron Levon Canada, appeals from his sentence following a guilty plea. A principal issue is whether remarks made by the Assistant United States Attorney during sentencing amounted to a repudiation of the plea bargain.
Canada was charged with operating an “advance fee scheme” in which he and several coconspirators would induce unsuspecting individuals to pay advance fees — to be held in escrow — in exchange for the promise to arrange financing for projects on which these individuals sought to embark. In the end Canada and…
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