Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Frank Vaughan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1994No. 92-3690PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
After pleading guilty to two counts of money laundering, Ronald Frank Vaughan appeals his conviction, arguing that the indictment violated his plea agreement in a prior case. We conclude that this claim is foreclosed by Vaughan’s guilty plea. Therefore, we affirm.
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In July 1991, Vaughan entered into a plea agreement pursuant to which he pleaded guilty to a marijuana conspiracy charge, and the government agreed that it would “bring no further narcotics charges” against Vaughan, either for the activities resulting in that indictment, or for “additional drug and narcotic…
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