United States v. Cano-Varela

McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

Marco Antonio Cano-Varela entered a pretrial status conference disappointed with the plea deal his lawyer had helped negotiate and displeased with his lawyer’s provision of Spanish-language discovery materials. He intended to request a change of counsel so that he could go to trial on drug charges. During the confer ence, however, the district court informed Mr. Cano-Varela that he would potentially face a vastly longer sentence if he went to trial and was convicted than if he pleaded guilty. Two weeks later, Mr. Cano-Varela accepted the government’s plea deal. We…