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002242P.pdf   03/29/2001  United States  v.  Russell B. Marks
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  00-2242
   Western District of Missouri   
   Criminal case - criminal law. District court erred in finding plea 
   agreement was not sufficiently definite to be enforced; however, 
   defendant was not entitled to compel the government to file a 
   Rule 35(b) motion for reduction of sentence as the plea 
   agreement specifically reserved the government's discretion; since 
   defendant failed to show the government's refusal to file the motion 
   was unprincipled, there could be no judicial review of the decision, 
   and defendant was not entitled to a remand for a hearing on the 
   issue of the government's alleged bad faith or his substantial assistance.