United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for illegal re-entry is reversed and remanded where the district court's refusal to accept an initial guilty plea rested on a misapprehension of the law and constituted an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/07/2006
• Decided 08/10/2006
• Published 08/10/2006

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Gurland (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Joshua G. Vincent, Justin Michael Penn (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.