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9th Circuit reverses felony firearm conviction
9th Circuit strikes down felon's firearm conviction
Criminal
Mar. 27, 2001
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The 9th Circuit became the first federal appellate court to rule that the right to Brady material cannot be waived through a plea agreement.
The 1987 implementation of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines led to dramatic changes in the respective bargaining power of prosecutors and defense counsel in federal criminal cases. Not only are there harsher penalties under the guidelines, but the keys to leniency now rest in the hands of prosec...