Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Supreme Court holds that failure to preserve breach of plea agreement is subject to plain error review.

Overruling longstanding Third Circuit doctrine, ( See United States v. Moscahlaidis, 868 F. 2d 1357, 1360 (3d cir. 1989), the Supreme Court held today in Puckett v. United States, 2009 WL 763354 (No. 07-9712), that a breach of a plea bargain at trial or sentencing is subject to "plain error" not "de novo" review unless a timely objection is lodged in the district court.

Special thanks to Peter Goldberger for quickly bringing this to our attention.

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