Legal Opinion
United States v. Russell B. Marks
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1994No. 93-2017PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Russell Bradley Marks pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and one count of conspiracy to launder money, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. He appeals both of the resulting convictions and his mandatory life sentence on the cocaine conviction. We affirm.
I
Marks argues that the District Court 1 did not properly inform him of the nature of the charges against him, did not establish a factual basis for his plea of guilty under Count 1 (the cocaine conspiracy count), and did not inform him of the possible sentence he faced…
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