No. 18-7104

Axel Irizarry-Rosario v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct government-obligation government-obligations judicial-ethics plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-argument statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

May the government avoid its obligation to scrupulously observe the terms of a plea agreement by including in its sentencing argument information not relevant to the crime for which the sentence is being imposed?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the government may avoid its obligation to scrupulously observe the terms of a plea agreement by including in its sentencing argument information not relevant to the crime for which the sentence is being imposed?

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2018-11-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 18, 2019)

Attorneys

Axel Irizarry-Rosario
Richard B. KlibanerKlibaner & Sabino, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent