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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STATE OF MARYLAND v. STEPHANIE L. SMITH
Court of Special Appeals, Moylan, Sept. 29, 2016,
Plea Bargain – Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence – Illegal sentence where judge bound themselves to a plea agreement and then breached by giving the defendant a PBJ.