11.   Following the advice of his father, who is serving a life sentence, Gotti had broken off plea negotiations in late December.

12.   He added that no plea negotiations had taken place.

13.   He made similar allegations in a sworn statement to prosecutors during plea negotiations, but recanted when the negotiations collapsed.

14.   He said she is not involved in any plea negotiations with federal prosecutors.

15.   If Kaczynski were ruled incompetent, any plea negotiations would be invalid.

16.   In a dissenting opinion, Souter and Stevens said the ruling would hurt the federal criminal justice system by discouraging candor in plea negotiations.

17.   Lawyers watching the case said that could set the stage for a sharp confrontation between the defense lawyers and the judge that could complicate plea negotiations extraordinarily.

18.   Moreover, the officials indicated that his voluntary surrender would be influential in any plea negotiations with the government.

19.   No plea bargaining negotiations were underway, and they said that the only decision to be made was whether Cordero wanted the case heard by a judge or jury.

20.   Other lawyers said that no other plea negotiations were going on in the case, which is believed to be within a month of jury deliberations.