Legal Opinion

United States v. Francisco Meza-Rojas

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 3, 2012No. 11-40015UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Francisco Meza-Rojas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess, `with intent to distribute, 169 kilograms of cocaine and 4,736 kilograms of marijuana. The district court sentenced him to 324-months' imprisonment and five-years' supervised release. Meza, proceeding pro se, challenges on numerous grounds both his conviction and sentence.

Meza contends the district court erred when accepting his guilty plea by: failing to admonish him regarding the nature of the charge against him; taking multiple pleas in the same proceeding; failing to advise him fully on the consequences of…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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  2. Puckett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  3. United States v. VonnSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Witte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. United States v. Cisneros-GutierrezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. United States v. John J. UtsickCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2022
  2. United States v. Sergio Neftali Mejia-DuarteCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019

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