Curtis
Curtis v. United States
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
12 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 21-cr-02063-BAS-2 Case No. 23-cv-01071-BAS Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING
DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO
v.
VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR
EVERETT JUSTIN CURTIS, CORRECT SENTENCE UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (ECF No. 132) Defendant.
18 19 As noted by the Supreme Court, “the guilty plea and the often concomitant plea bargain are important components of this country’s criminal justice system.” Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 71 (1977). The system of plea bargaining can be advantageous to both sides: it results in a speedy disposition, it can reduce the amount of custodial time a defendant is facing, and prosecutors conserve vital and scarce resources. But “[t]hese advantages can be secured . . . only if dispositions by guilty plea are accorded a great measure of finality.” Id. So it is with this case. Defendant Everett Justin Curtis avoided a twenty-year helped…