U.S. v. VARELA-RIVERA

No. 12-2039.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. GILBERTO VARELA-RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael F. Castro Lang , for appellant.

Richard A. Friedman , Appellate Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Mythili Raman , Acting Assistant Attorney General, María L. Montañez-Concepción , Assistant United States Attorney, District of Puerto Rico, and Denis J. McInerney , Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, were on brief for appellee.

Before Torruella, Baldock, and Kayatta, .


NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S FEDERAL REPORTER

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

On March 9, 2012, Defendant Gilberto Varela-Rivera pled guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). The Government agreed to recommend a sentence of 15 years' imprisonment in return for his plea. Nearly two months later, Defendant requested new counsel and moved to withdraw his plea, arguing his public defender...

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