U.S. v. SANYA

Nos. 13-4937, 13-4938.

774 F.3d 812 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oluwaseun SANYA, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oluwaseun Sanya, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Byron Brandon Warnken, Jr. , Warnken, LLC, Pikesville, Maryland, for Appellant. Sujit Raman , Office of the United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Byron L. Warnken , Warnken, LLC, Pikesville, Maryland, for Appellant. Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Office of The United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge FLOYD joined. Judge WILKINSON wrote a separate concurring opinion.


Oluwaseun Sanya contends that his guilty plea to access-device fraud and aggravated identity theft was involuntary because the district court impermissibly participated in plea negotiations. We agree that the district court committed reversible error and so vacate and remand for further proceedings.

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