United States v. Chavez

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Francisco R. Chavez appeals the ten-year mandatory minimum sentence imposed by the district court following his guilty plea to violating 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 for conspiracy to manufacture 1,000 or more marijuana plants. Chavez argues that his plea was not knowing and voluntary because the Government led him to believe that it would make the substantial assistance motion but that then failed to do so. Chavez’s plea, however, was knowing and voluntary, because he was made well aware of the possibility that the Government would not make a substantial assistance…