United States DC Circuit

Defendant's drug distribution conviction and sentence are affirmed, where: 1) the denial of Defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea was proper because defense counsel had no reason to know of the conflict of interest alleged by Defendant; and 2) Defendant did not automatically earn an acceptance of responsibility credit simply by claiming entrapment as his only defense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/09/2009
• Published 06/09/2009

Judges

• Before:  GARLAND and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Billy L. Ponds filed a brief for appellant.   Frank Berkeley, pro se, filed supplemental briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III, Mary B. McCord, and J.P. Cooney, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, were on the briefs for appellee.