United States v. Estanislao Correa-De Jesus

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

Sixteen years ago, appellant Estanislao Correa-De Jesus pleaded guilty before a federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois to two counts of distributing heroin. After the judge asked De Jesus whether anyone had promised him that he would receive a certain sentence if he pleaded guilty and De Jesus answered no, the district judge sentenced him to eight years in prison. De Jesus’ attorneys moved under Rule 35 to reduce that sentence, claiming that the judge had promised them in chambers to sentence De Jesus to five years in prison if he pleaded guilty and that they…