United States Ninth Circuit

Conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime is reversed where the district court accepted defendant's guilty plea in violation of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the error affected defendant's substantial rights.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/14/2005
• Decided 12/07/2005
• Published 12/07/2005

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge., Before  :TASHIMA, PAEZ, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Catherine L. Floit, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellant., John McKay, United States Attorney, and Douglas B. Whalley, Assistant United States Attorney, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee.