Legal Opinion
United States v. Javier Diaz-Vargas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 29, 1994No. 94-1081PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Javier Diaz-Vargas argues that his drug conviction is invalid because he accepted a-guilty plea without the court orally advising him that he would not be allowed to later withdraw this plea if the court departed from the government’s recommended sentence. We find that any error that may have occurred in this case was harmless, and thus affirm.
I. Background
Diaz-Vargas was indicted on various narcotics offenses and agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute more than a kilogram of cocaine in exchange for the government recommending a sentence of no…
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