U.S. v. PENTA

No. 89-1919.

898 F.2d 815 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard M. PENTA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances L. Robinson with whom Davis, Robinson & Smith was on brief, for appellant.

Scott R. McIntosh, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Douglas N. Letter, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before BREYER, ALDRICH and CYR, Circuit Judges.


BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case raises, in sharp focus, the breadth of meaning of "discussions" as used in Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(e), that holds inadmissible in evidence statements made to a United States Attorney by a defendant, including before indictment, in certain circumstances.

(e) Plea Agreement Procedure. (1) In General. The attorney for the government and the attorney for the defendant or the defendant when acting...

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