United States v. Elias Montoya-Camacho

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Defendant, Elias Montoya-Camacho (Montoya), appeals District Court’s judgment of conviction on acceptance of his guilty plea for conspiracy to transport aliens illegally within the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Although Montoya challenges only adequacy of the factual basis for his plea, the argument on appeal concentrated largely on whether his plea was voluntarily and knowingly made. Concluding both of these requisites were met before the plea was accepted, we affirm his conviction.

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