U.S. v. BRAXTON

No. 13-4491.

784 F.3d 240 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Savino BRAXTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Andrew Robert Szekely, Law Offices of Andrew R. Szekely, LLC, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant. John Francis Purcell, Jr., Office of The United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge HARRIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge KING joined.


For months, Savino Braxton ("Braxton") insisted on exercising his right to go to trial, despite the substantial mandatory minimum penalty he would face if convicted. On what would have been the first day of trial, however, Braxton reversed course and accepted the government's plea offer. Because the district court impermissibly...

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