United States v. Jerard J. Signori

ALDISERT, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to decide if the district court abused its discretion in refusing to permit the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea. Should we affirm the district court’s refusal, we must then decide whether the sentencing order was invalid as a matter of law because the court gave the probation office authority to specify the exact amount and manner of payment of restitution not to exceed a court-ordered maximum. We will affirm the district court’s judgment in all respects.

The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3231. We have…