United States Fourth Circuit

District court erred in summarily denying petitioner's request to reform his plea agreement. Remanded for an evidentiary hearing on the question of whether the Government made the alleged oral promise that the plea was conditional.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/04/2004
• Published 05/04/2004

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Neal Goldberg, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Ray B. Fitzgerald, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  James L. Quarles, III, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  John L. Brownlee, United States Attorney, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee.