United States v. Casillas, No. 15-60773 (5th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseDefendant plead guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. On appeal, defendant argued that the Government breached the plea agreement when it recommended a role reduction but subsequently put on argument and supporting evidence that undermined that recommendation. In this case, the record indicated that the Government complied with its literal obligations under the plea agreement to make certain statements to the court. The court concluded that the Government does not breach a plea agreement by disclosing pertinent factual information to a sentencing court. Furthermore, the plea agreement did not contain any provisions restricting such disclosure. Because there was no error, the court dismissed the appeal.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on May 16, 2017.
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