Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Butler v. United States

Butler v. United States, 516 U.S. 924 (1995)

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

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied,