United States v. Bride

MEMORANDUM *

Following his guilty plea to a number of drug- and firearm-related offenses and his Rule 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement sentence of nineteen years imprisonment, Titus Bride (“Bride”) challenges the denial of his motions to substitute counsel and to withdraw his guilty plea, his two firearm-related convictions, and several aspects of the district court’s sentencing procedure. Because there was no error in any of these respects, we affirm.

I. Motions to Substitute Counsel and Withdraw Guilty Plea

After an evidentiary hearing— wherein both Bride and his attorney explained the apparent…