United States Fourth Circuit
US v. Bradley, 02-4390, 02-4393, 02-4402
Convictions and sentences based on defendants' guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and of illegal use of firearms are vacated as they were not voluntary when the court impermissibly participated in plea negotiations, repeatedly encouraging them to plead guilty.
Appellate Information
- Argued 05/26/2006
- Decided 07/25/2006
- Published 07/25/2006
Judges
- Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED: Harvey Greenberg, Towson, Maryland; Jack B. Rubin, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. Andrew George Warrens Norman, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joseph J. Gigliotti, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Appellant Eric Lamont Bennett; Gerald D. Glass, Towson, Maryland, for Appellant Tavon Bradley. Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.