Legal Opinion
United States v. Isom
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 2, 2009No. 08-1263PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
In December 2006, appellant Derrick Isom (“Isom”) pled guilty to two criminal counts involving possession and distribution of cocaine base, also known as crack. 1 In November 2007, Isom moved to withdraw his guilty plea. After a hearing, the district court denied the motion and subsequently sentenced Isom to 300 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Isom argues that the district court erroneously denied the motion to withdraw. Alternatively, he claims that several legal defects rendered his guilty plea invalid ab initio. For its part, the government urges us to enforce the…
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