In securing a plea agreement, the government will frequently promise to forego advocacy of an upward departure at a defendant's sentencing. The government made such a promise in this case. To resolve this appeal, we must determine whether the government, consistent with that promise, could then inform a panel of this court during a prior appeal that the district court "should be free" on resentencing to...
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