United States v. Thomas L. Ewing

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Thomas L. Ewing stands convicted of presenting for payment a false claim against the United States government in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 287 and 2. The conviction was upon a plea of guilty entered in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina pursuant to a plea agreement. Ewing now appeals from his conviction and sentence on the grounds that the district court erred in 1) denying his pre-sentencing motion to withdraw his guilty plea; 2) finding that a sufficient factual basis existed to sustain the guilty plea; and 3) calculating…