United States v. Steven J. Vest, Also Known as Norm

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Steven J. Vest (defendant) appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court 1 for the Western District of Missouri denying defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas and sentencing him to concurrent terms of life imprisonment on four counts charged in the indictment. 2 United States v. Vest, No. 94-00037-01-CR-W-8 (W.D.Mo. Sept. 9, 1996) (Judgment). For reversal, defendant argues that the district court erred in denying his motion to withdraw his guilty pleas because the pleas were coerced and thus involuntary. For the reasons discussed…