Court Opinion

ID: 9494560
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 15:40:17.436219+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:56:28.202083
License: Public Domain

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the opinion with regard to both appellants, but. add this comment. The record indicates that the government and the defendant, Guillermo Franco-Martinez, arrived at a fair stipulation as to the amount of drugs for which Mr. Franco-Martinez should be held responsible. Under such circumstances and absent a showing that the stipulation is unreasonable in light of the evidence, the district judge should have accepted the stipulated amount without calling for a hearing.
Where the parties reach an arms-length plea agreement, based on a fair assessment of the available evidence as viewed by the prosecution, it ought to be accepted by the sentencing judge and the probation officer without the necessity of a further hearing.