United States Ninth Circuit

Government agreement to recommend a certain sentence if defendant fell into certain sentencing range does not obligate the government to agree to downward departure in order to fall into that range.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/13/2001
• Decided 07/23/2001
• Published 07/23/2001

Judges

• WALLACE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, WALLACE, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel J. Albregts,Daniel J. Albregts, Ltd., Las Vegas, Nevada, for the defendant-appellant., J. Gregory Damm, Assistant United States Attorney, and Bruce Bettigole, Special Assistant, United States Attorney, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the plaintiff-appellee.