Does a sentence imposed under a plea agreement violate the plea agreement?
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The following excerpt is from Gammarano v. U.S., 732 F.2d 273 (2nd Cir. 1984):
United States v. Paradiso, 689 F.2d at 31. This quoted language makes it clear that the reasonable understanding and expectations of the parties, rather than technical distinctions in semantics, 2 control the question of whether a particular sentence imposed violates a plea agreement.
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