# German v. United States

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · May 7, 1987 · 525 A.2d 596

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9733093

## Case

- **Full name:** James Neil GERMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** May 7, 1987
- **Citations:** 525 A.2d 596; 55 U.S.L.W. 2690; 1987 D.C. App. LEXIS 353
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Pryor
- **Judges:** Pryor, Ferren, Rogers
- **Cited by:** 38 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9733093

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- emphasizing that “the mere fact of a sentence increase does not show vindictiveness”

## Opinion text

PRYOR, Chief Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the majority opinion. It is my view, however, that the inquiry of the trial judge regarding the possibility of a disposition in the case does not constitute “judicial participation” in a plea bargain. Accordingly, I find no error in that respect.

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