UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. BRANDON TATE
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Floyd, Jan. 11, 2017,
Plea Agreement – Agreeing to recommend the low-end of the “applicable” guideline did not force the government to recommend a particular guideline.
NICANOR PEREZ RODRIGUEZ v. DENNIS BUSH
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Floyd, Nov. 23, 2016,
IAC- Defense attorney’s failure to object when trial court rejected plea agreement was not ineffective assistance of counsel
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RONALD DONALD DINGLE v. WARDEN ROBERT M. STEVENSON
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Wilkinson, Oct. 25, 2016,
Plea Agreement – A plea in the shadow of a juvenile death penalty later held unconstitutional was still valid.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. XAYVER JERVONTE-MARQUI WARNER
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Niemeyer, Apr. 27, 2016,
Plea Agreement – Where a prosecutor agreed to a plea advising the court that an enhancement did not apply, violation of agreement where the prosecutor subsequently changed position and advised sentencing court that the enhancement did apply even where it asked the court to go along with the original plea anyway (where the court ended up applying the enhancement).