United States v. Puckett

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

Appellant Puckett challenges his guilty-plea conviction of and sentence for bank robbery and the associated use of a firearm. Puckett argues that he lacked capacity to plead guilty, that the government breached the plea agreement, that the district court erred in calculating his offense level, and that he suffered from ineffective assistance of counsel. We hold that plain error review governs the contention, newly raised on appeal, that the government breached the plea agreement. Finding no reversible error in this or Puckett’s other issues, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

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