United States v. Roy Gray

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

Appellant Roy Gray challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine. Because we find that Gray reasonably misunderstood the consequences of his guilty plea, we remand to the district court for further proceedings.

BACKGROUND

On January 20, 1993, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Gray with one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and one count of distribution of cocaine and aiding and abetting, in…