Legal Opinion
United States v. Jaime Torres, Also Known as Jamie Torres, Also Known as Jaime Torres Castellanos
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2001No. 01-1055PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
Jaime Torres pled guilty in district court 2 to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Torres appeals his sentence and the authority of the magistrate judge 3 to hear Torres’s guilty plea. We affirm.
I
On September 22, 2000, Torres pled guilty in exchange for dismissal of two other counts of the indictment. Pursuant to Torres’s consent, the magistrate judge conducted the plea colloquy pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11. The plea was accepted by the district court on October 13, 2000, in accordance with the…
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