United States v. Kevin Dennis

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

Kevin Dennis appeals his conviction based on a guilty plea. Specifically, he alleges that the district court committed several violations of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 that amount to plain error and deprived him of a knowing and voluntary plea. Dennis also appeals the procedural reasonableness of his sentence. We AFFIRM Dennis’s conviction for the reasons below, but REMAND for resen-tencing in light of intervening precedent.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2006, Kevin Dennis entered into an agreement to plead guilty to four counts of a…