Whitfield v. Burns

How later courts describe this case

• holding that the Government’s invocation of restrictive contract principles is “disingenuous”
• enforcing district attorney's promise that the defendant would be paroled within a certain time
• government’s proffer of information at sentencing to correct defendant’s misstatements did not breach plea bargain under which government had agreed not to take position on sentence
• prosecutor absolutely immune from suit for damages alleging nonfulfillment of negotiated plea agreement
• court may order specific enforcement of plea agreement improperly promising parole release
• remedy for broken plea bargain is discretionary with court