United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea without an evidentiary hearing is affirmed over defendant's contention that he did not understand his guilty plea; review of his sentence is denied where the plea included a valid waiver of his rights to appeal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/27/2004
• Decided 08/20/2004
• Published 08/20/2004

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Angela Scott (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Charles W. Courtney, Jr., Jennifer L. Barbieri (argued), Courtney, Clark & Associates, Belleville, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.