United States Fourth Circuit

In a prosecution for the use of false statements or fraud to obtain Federal Employment Compensation Act benefits, the judgment of conviction after a guilty plea is affirmed, where: 1) the loss of government benefits was a collateral consequence of the defendant's plea, so the district court was not required to advise him of it pursuant to Rule 11; 2) the district court conducted a sufficient inquiry into the defendant's competence to enter a guilty plea; and 3) the district court appropriately denied the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2012
• Published 04/18/2012

Judges

• Duncan

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jessica Ann Salvini, William Jacob Watkins, Jr.