United States v. Joel Burns

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Joel Burns pled guilty before the United States District Court for the District of Maine on two charges: (1) conspiring to possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and (2) failing to report the transportation of in excess of $10,000 in United States currency from Canada into the United States in violation of 31 U.S.C. §§ 5316 and 5322. 1 With respect to the currency offense, Burns entered an Alford plea, whereby he pled guilty in order to serve what he considered to be his best…