United States v. Ford

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants, William Lewis Ford and Patrick Roberts, appeal the judgments of the district court sentencing them pursuant to Rule 11 guilty pleas to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. In Case No. 99-1684, Ford contests the district court’s denial of a motion to withdraw his guilty plea as well as the court’s judgment of sentence. In Case No. 99-1867, Roberts challenges the district court’s failure to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea and the resulting sentence of life…