Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Leroy Barnes, and Cheryl Barnes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1996No. 94-2237, 94-2496PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals raise questions about the prerequisites for and consequences of guilty pleas controlled by Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Michael and Cheryl Barnes, husband and wife, each pleaded guilty to federal drug offenses after plea bargaining with the government. Mr. Barnes contends that his plea should be vacated because neither his lawyer, nor the prosecutor nor the judge warned him before his plea about the chief burden of his bargain — that he would be sentenced as a career offender under the sentencing guidelines. Ms. Barnes…
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