Legal Opinion
United States v. Virgil Shacklett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1991No. 90-4350PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant, Virgil Shacklett (Shacklett), appeals his conviction for conspiring to manufacture and possess amphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, to which he had pleaded guilty, on grounds that the district court failed to comply with Fed.R.Crim.P. 11. Shacklett also appeals the district court’s finding that the government knew, before entering into the plea agreement, that sixty-six pounds of amphetamine were attributable to Shacklett. Finding that the district court failed to address a core concern of Rule 11 and that it erred by basing Shacklett’s sentence on unreliable…
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3Cited by37 opinions
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