Legal Opinion
Dougherty v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 16, 1973No. Civ. A. 72-2026PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
This is a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 seeking to invalidate a plea of guilty to three bank robbery charges on the ground that it was involuntarily made. The principal thrust of the motion is the claim that the plea was induced by a plea bargain among the defendant, the prosecutor, and the judge, which was breached when the judge imposed a sentence of 40 years instead of the 25 1 for which defendant claims he had bargained.
Santobello v. United States, 404 U.S. 257, 92 S.Ct. 495, 30 L.Ed.2d 427 (1972), held…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Dougherty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974