Legal Opinion
United States v. Adolfo Guerrero-Velasquez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2006No. 05-30066PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
There are two questions before us on this appeal. First, is a guilty plea an admission of the facts charged in the indictment? Second, is an Alford plea, in which the defendant enters a guilty plea while maintaining his innocence, nevertheless a guilty plea under Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990)? The first of these questions is well established in our decisions; the second is not. We answer both in the affirmative, vacate the defendant’s sentence, and remand to the district court for resentencing.
I. BACKGROUND
Guerrero-Velasquez…
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