Legal Opinion
United States v. Peleti
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 2009No. 08-1507PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
During the time he was stationed in Kuwait, Peleti Peleti, Jr., then a Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army, accepted a bag containing $50,000 from a local contractor who sought Peleti’s help in obtaining a contract to supply flatware and paper products to the U.S. Army in Iraq. Peleti pleaded guilty to bribery and smuggling bulk cash into the United States, but he later changed his mind and tried to persuade the district court to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion; the factual…
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