United States Ninth Circuit

The government's failure to specify the amount of marijuana in defendant's plea agreement does not invalidate the original plea agreement where drug quantity is not an essential element of the offense.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/23/2004
• Decided 08/20/2004
• Published 08/20/2004

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before NOONAN, TASHIMA, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald R. Smith, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Spokane, WA, for the defendant-appellant., Nancy D. Cook, Assistant United States Attorney, Coeur d'Alene, ID, for the plaintiff-appellee.