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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 26 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Robert Maher, AKA \Bob M.\".

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1 United States v. Robert Maher, AKA \Bob M.\" Anchor
· 1997
green “assure itself simply that the conduct to which the defendant admits is in fact an offense under the statutory provision under which he is pleading guilty.” 14
2 United States v. Turenne A. Renaud
ca2 · 1993
green “such minor errors as a modest understatement of the maximum penalty, where the penalty actually imposed did not exceed the maximum as erroneously represented by the court.” 5
3 United States v. Scott Torrellas
ca2 · 2006
green “a defendant raises on appeal a claim of rule 11 error that he did not raise in the district court, that claim is reviewable only for plain error.” 4
4 United States v. Turenne A. Renaud
ca2 · 1993
green “generally require sentencing courts to adhere strictly to the specific provisions of rule 11.” 3

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