Williams v. United States

OPINION

HAYNES, District Judge.

Appellant-Defendant DeShawn Williams appeals his convictions for bank robbery and use of a weapon during a crime of violence. Williams pled guilty to these offenses, but challenges his plea on appeal as involuntary for the district court’s misstatement of the maximum sentence for his weapon conviction at the time of his guilty plea. We AFFIRM the district court’s judgment because Williams’ sentence was within the range permitted by law, as stat*365ed by the district court at the plea proceeding and prior to sentencing, the defendant was informed of the correct…