UNITED STATES v. RIVERA

No. 22-2081 August Term 2023.

115 F.4th 141 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America Appellee, v. Victor RIVERA, aka Sealed Defendant 1, Defendant-Appellant, Michols Pena, aka Sealed Defendant 2, Johan Araujo, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 21, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna Margaret Skotko, Skotko Law PLLC, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Andrew K. Chan (Mathew Andrews, Danielle Renee Sassoon, Thomas John Wright, Alison Moe, on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee.

Before: Jacobs, Chin, and Nathan, Circuit Judges.


The Supreme Court has long acknowledged the "essential" role that plea bargaining plays in "the administration of justice." Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 260, 92 S.Ct. 495, 30 L.Ed.2d 427 (1971). Our Court has also encouraged prosecutors to inform defendants of their likely sentence...

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