United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of defendant's motions to withdraw his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of ammunition are affirmed over claims that: 1) he was under the influence of marijuana and lithium, a depression medication, at his change of plea hearing and suffered from bipolar disorder, and thus he did not knowingly and voluntarily enter a guilty plea; and 2) the district court failed to conform the hearing to the requirements of Fed. R. Crim. P. 11.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2008
• Published 02/08/2008

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, BEAM, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy R. Price, Law Office of Nancy Graven Price, P.C., Springfield, MO, argued, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James J. Kelleher, Spec. Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, MO, argued (John F. Wood, U.S. Atty., Philip M. Koppe, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.