United States Second Circuit

A court's incorrect statement of the mandatory minimum sentence during a plea colloquy makes the plea involuntary even if the actual sentence fell within the Sentencing Guidelines range.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/07/2000
• Decided 03/05/2001
• Published 03/05/2001

Judges

• POOLER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CALABRESI, CABRANES, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• J. Scott Porter, Syracuse, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Louis Birden., Elizabeth S. Riker, Assistant United States Attorney, (Daniel J. French, United States Attorney, John G. Duncan, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief) Syracuse, NY, for Appellee.