Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Corsentino
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 2, 1982No. 1179, Docket 82-1013PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
It is not uncommon for federal prosecutors in this Circuit and elsewhere to include in their plea agreements with defense counsel a commitment to “take no position” at sentencing. This appeal from a denial of collateral attack upon a federal sentence indicates that prosecutors would be well advised to be more specific as to the meaning of this commonly used phrase.
Pursuant to a plea agreement, Joseph Corsentino entered pleas of guilty on November 12, 1980 in the District Court for the Southern District of New York to four counts charging false passport, bail-jumping, and…
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