Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Butler v. United States

516 U.S. 924

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1995-10-10
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • "If necessary to resolve an ambiguity in the charging document, the courts may also, in some circumstances, examine the pre-sentence report, plea agreement, or factual findings of the sentencing court.”
  • "If necessary to resolve an ambiguity in the charging document, the courts may also, in some circumstances, examine the presentence report, plea agreement, or factual findings of the sentencing court."
  • “If necessary to resolve an ambiguity in the charging document, the courts may also, in some circumstances, examine the presen-tence report, plea agreement, or factual findings of the sentencing court”
  • reserving the question on the Wallach dicta

Citator

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied,