Legal Opinion
United States v. West, Jake
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 10, 2004No. 03-3149PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Jake West pled guilty to two charges related to the embezzlement of funds from a union pension fund. He later asked the district court to allow him to withdraw his plea; the court refused. West now urges us to reverse that ruling, and also presents several challenges to his sentence. We find that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying West’s motion to withdraw his plea. With regard to the sentence, we decide that under the plea agreement West has waived the right to appeal. Since he offers no reasons why we should not treat the waiver as…
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