United States Sixth Circuit
US v. McCreary-Redd, 05-5382
A sentence for drug- and firearm-related offenses is vacated and remanded where the district court's failure to determine a factual basis and to ensure that defendant understood the nature of the charges as it related to a particular count, violated Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 and constituted plain error.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/06/2007
- Published 02/06/2007
Judges
- Before KEITH and CLAY, Circuit Judges; MAYS, District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ON BRIEF: Kim A. Tollison, Federal Defender Services, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Tracee Plowell, Assistant United States Attorney, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee. Perry D. McCreary-Redd, Cumberland, Maryland, pro se.