Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 2019No. Docket No. 17-1896-cr; August Term, 2018PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUIDO CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
*158This case presents the question of whether the Government breaches a plea agreement when it agrees to an estimated sentence-known as a " Pimentel estimate"-in a defendant's plea bargain, then advocates for a substantially higher sentence at the defendant's sentencing hearing on the basis of information known to the Government at the time of the agreement.
We have previously held that allegations of breached plea agreements depend on what "the reasonable understanding and expectations of the defendant [were] as to the sentence for which he had bargained." Paradiso…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- United States v. Joseph CorsentinoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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