Legal Opinion
United States v. Chambers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 13, 2013No. 11-2399PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Steven Chambers appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea and to hold an evidentiary hearing in conneetion therewith. But professed ignorance is not always bliss and, as we explain below, the district court did not err in denying these motions. By the same token, the defendant cannot make an end run around a waiver of appeal provision to which he subscribed.
The relevant facts are straightforward. In October of 2009, the defendant sold cocaine base (crack cocaine) to a government cooperator as part of a…
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