United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction is reversed where the district court failed to inform defendant he could not withdraw his guilty plea if the court did not accept the sentencing recommendation set forth in a plea agreement, under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(e)(2).

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2001
• Decided 11/25/2002
• Published 11/25/2002

Judges

• JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge., Before: BROWNING, REINHARDT, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Myra D. Mossman, Santa Barbara, CA, for defendant-appellant Carlos Dominguez Benitez., Alejandro N. Mayorkas, United States Attorney, John C. Hueston, Assistant United States Attorney, Carmen R. Luege, Assistant United States Attorney, Santa Ana, CA, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America., John S. Gordon, United States Attorney, Ronald L. Cheng, Assistant United States Attorney, Wesley L. Hsu, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.