United States First Circuit

District court's conviction of defendant for possession and distribution of crack cocaine is affirmed where: 1) the appeal-waiver provision of defendant's plea agreement does not bar an appeal challenging the validity of his guilty plea; but 2) a denial of defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea is affirmed on the merits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/02/2009
• Published 09/02/2009

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, TASHIMA, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Todd A. Bussert, with whom Law Office of Todd A. Bussert, was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald C. Lockhart, Assistant United States Attorney with whom Robert Clark Corrente, United States Attorney, Kenneth P. Madden, and Sandra R. Hebert, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief, for appellee.