United States DC Circuit

Prosecutors did not breach a plea agreement by continuing an ongoing separate investigation of defendant while negotiating the agreement, and such prosecution did not give rise to a presumption of vindictiveness; vulnerable victim sentence enhancement rejected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2002
• Published 05/24/2002

Judges

• Before:  EDWARDS and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.  (The decision in this matter was reached upon consideration of the record and the parties' briefs, but without oral argument, pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 34(j).)

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Seligman, appointed by the court, was on the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, Susan A. Nellor, John R. Fisher, and Roy W. McLeese III, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.