United States DC Circuit

Conviction and sentence based on guilty plea to conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base is affirmed over claim that the court abused its discretion in denying defendant's request to withdraw his plea.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/13/2007
• Decided 07/31/2007
• Published 07/31/2007

Judges

• Before:  TATEL, GARLAND, and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary E. Davis, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cassidy Kesler Pinegar, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With her on the brief were Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese, III, Elizabeth Trosman, and Kenneth F. Whitted, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.