context: In order to create a valid contract, the parties must come to a "meeting of the minds."
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 101 F.3d 1034, 1034
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that defendant must demonstrate meeting of the minds in order to establish existence of immunity agreement
citation_a.sentence: See McHan, 101 F.3d at 1034 (holding that defendant must demonstrate meeting of the minds in order to establish existence of immunity agreement); United States v. Carrillo, 709 F.2d 35, 36 (9th Cir.1983) (holding that cooperation agreement defendant entered into with the government did not include defendant’s testifying at trial where there was no meeting of the minds as to that point); cf. United States v. Barnes, 83 F.3d 934, 938 (7th Cir.) (“When the government proposes a plea agreement, when the defendant accepts it and when the district court enforces it, there must be a meeting of minds on all of its essential terms.”), cert. denied, 117 S.Ct. 156, 117 S.Ct. 156, 136 L.Ed.2d 101 (1996); United States v. Robison, 924 F.2d 612, 613 (6th Cir.1991) (holding that there can be no plea agreement without a meeting of the minds).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 83 F.3d 934, 938
citation_b.parenthetical: "When the government proposes a plea agreement, when the defendant accepts it and when the district court enforces it, there must be a meeting of minds on all of its essential terms."
citation_b.sentence: See McHan, 101 F.3d at 1034 (holding that defendant must demonstrate meeting of the minds in order to establish existence of immunity agreement); United States v. Carrillo, 709 F.2d 35, 36 (9th Cir.1983) (holding that cooperation agreement defendant entered into with the government did not include defendant’s testifying at trial where there was no meeting of the minds as to that point); cf. United States v. Barnes, 83 F.3d 934, 938 (7th Cir.) (“When the government proposes a plea agreement, when the defendant accepts it and when the district court enforces it, there must be a meeting of minds on all of its essential terms.”), cert. denied, 117 S.Ct. 156, 117 S.Ct. 156, 136 L.Ed.2d 101 (1996); United States v. Robison, 924 F.2d 612, 613 (6th Cir.1991) (holding that there can be no plea agreement without a meeting of the minds).