Legal Opinion
United States v. Caramadre
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided August 1, 2013No. Criminal No. 11-186 SPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.
Defendant Joseph Caramadre filed a Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea (the “Motion to Withdraw” or the “Motion”) in this matter. (ECF No. 122.) The Motion has been extensively briefed and was the subject of a four-day evidentiary hearing (the “Hearing”). For the reasons stated at the *165conclusion of the Hearing, and set forth in more detail herein, the Court found the Motion to be entirely meritless, bordering on frivolous, and denied it from the Bench. This memorandum explains this conclusion in more detail.
I. Background
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