Legal Opinion
United States v. Mark Hogan and Patricia Hogan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 1, 1988No. 88-1190PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This consolidated appeal presents a narrow — but significant — question as to prose-cutorial fairness: when a defendant has pled guilty to certain charges and thereafter unburdened himself pursuant to a cooperation agreement guaranteeing use immunity, can the government employ nuggets of information mined from defendant’s debriefing in arguing for a stern sentence on the pled offenses? Given the circumstances of this case, the district court answered in the affirmative. We agree.
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Defendant-appellant Mark Hogan 1 was charged in forty-seven counts of a fifty- three count…
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- William Johnson v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. VoccolaDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1985
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