United States Fifth Circuit

District court committed harmless error in not informing defendant of its authority to order mandatory restitution per the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act. Court did not abuse its discretion in denying her motion to withdraw her guilty plea and in not holding an evidentiary hearing on such motion. (Republished opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/17/2003
• Published 01/06/2004

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David Hill Peck (argued), James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Roland E. Dahlin, II, Fed. Pub. Def., Timothy William Crooks, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def. (argued), Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.