United States v. Julio Valdez

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

After pleading guilty prior to trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to one count of conspiring to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846, Julio Valdez moved to withdraw his plea on the ground that he did not understand the quantity of drugs which he had admitted possessing. The district court denied that motion and sentenced Valdez to 192 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. Because Valdez’s guilty plea was voluntary and the district court did not…