Legal Opinion
In Re: Sealed Case
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 30, 2009No. Criminal No. 2000-0117Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ______________________________ ) IN RE: SEALED CASE ) Criminal Action No. 00-117 (RWR) ______________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The defendant has moved to withdraw his guilty plea to one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). He alleges legal innocence, asserting that he felt pressured to accept the government’s version of the facts supporting his plea and that the facts to which he pled do not support a 924(c) count. Because the defendant’s…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. BarkerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Pierre S. MacKeyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
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