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§7:00
Guilty Pleas
§7:00
Guilty Pleas
§7:00 Guilty Pleas
§7:01 Do People Convicted of White-Collar Crimes
Have the Most to Gain From the Supreme
Court’s Decisions on Ineffective Assistance of
Counsel?
§7:02 The First Circuit Vacates a Plea
§7:03 The Second Circuit Rocks Out on the Fourth
Circuit’s Love of the Third Level
§7:04 A District Court’s Statements at a Plea Hearing
Can Change the Meaning of a Plea Agreement;
or, Why You Should Junk Mail Carefully
§7:05 The Fourth Circuit Invites Open Pleas
§7:06 A Fifth Circuit Opinion Shows Why People Would
Want to Take Every Case to Trial, Even Though
It’s a Really Bad Idea
§7:07 Ineffective, But Laudable, Counsel
§7:08 The Sixth Circuit Says That If You Plead Guilty
to an Indictment You Don’t Plead Guilty to All
the Extra Bad Stuff the Government Put in the
Indictment
§7:09 The Sixth Circuit Reverses, Taking Care Not to
Hurt the Feelings of the District Court
§7:10 Retroactivity in the Federal Sentencing
Guidelines and the Parol Evidence Rule
§7:11 The Seventh Circuit Reminds Us That Loss Is Not
Equal to Restitution (Also, Pleading Open Has
Benefits)
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§7:01 Criminal Defense Victories in the Federal Circuits
§7:00
Guilty Pleas
§7:00
Guilty Pleas
§7:12 Pleading Guilty Only Makes Sense If There Is
Evidence You Are Guilty
§7:13 The Ninth Circuit Says the District Court Can’t
Negotiate an Appeal Waiver
§7:14 The Eleventh Circuit Holds That a District Court
Can’t Ask Folks Who Have Been Charged With
a Crime If They’ve Talked About a Plea Yet
§7:15 The D.C. Circuit Holds That Safety Valve Is Still
Available Even If a Person Comes to the Truth
Late
§7:16 More Criminal Defense Victories—in Brief
§7:01 Do People Convicted of White-Collar
Crimes Have the Most to Gain From
the Supreme Court’s Decisions on
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel?
Lafler v. Cooper, 132 S. Ct. 1376 (2012)
Ιν Μαρχη οφ 2012, τηε Συπρεµε Χουρτ δεχιδεδ τωο χασεσ αβουτ ωηατ
α λαωψερ ηασ το δο ωηεν ρεπρεσεντινγ α χλιεντ δεχιδινγ ωηετηερ το τακε
α γυιλτψ πλεα ορ γο το τριαλΛαφλερ ϖ. Χοοπερ ανδ ιτσ χοµπανιον χασε
Μισσουρι ϖ. Φρψε . . .
Χοµπλετε τεξτ ιν ♣3:25, Εϖιδενχε ανδ Τριαλσ.
§7:02 The First Circuit Vacates a Plea
United States v. Ortiz-Garcia, 665 F.3d 279 (1st Cir. 2011)
Σοµετιµεσ βεινγ α δεφενσε λαωψερ ιν φεδεραλ χουρτ ισ α µαττερ οφ
πλαψινγ φορ δροππεδ βαλλσ. Ιν σοµε χασεσ, ιφ εϖερψτηινγ γοεσ τηε ωαψ ιτ
λοοκσ λικε ιτ σηουλδ φορ τηε γοϖερνµεντ, τηερεσ νοτ µυχη χηανχε οφ α
γοοδ ρεσυλτ. Ηοωεϖερ, µιστακεσ αρε οφτεν µαδε. Ιφ τηε ριγητ µιστακεσ
ηαππεν, τηινγσ χαν λοοκ διφφερεντ θυιχκλψ.
Τηε αππεαλ ιν τηε Φιρστ Χιρχυιτσ οπινιον ιν Υνιτεδ Στατεσ ϖ. Ορτιζ σηοωσ
τηε ιµπορτανχε οφ πλαψινγ φορ α δροππεδ βαλλ.
A Night in May
Αχχορδινγ το α στατεµεντ οφ φαχτσ τηατ Μρ. Ορτιζ σιγνεδ, ιν Μαψ οφ
2007, ηε ανδ ηισ φριενδσ δεχιδεδ το τρψ το στεαλ α χαρ. Τηε χαρ ωασ οχχυ−
