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U.S. v. SCOTT

No. 90-2288.

929 F.2d 313 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter L. SCOTT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Capp, Andrew B. Baker, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Clorius L. Lay, Gary, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

The defendant Walter L. Scott, Jr. ("Scott") pleaded guilty and was convicted of conspiracy to transfer food stamps in violation of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, 7 U.S.C. § 2024(b) and (c). In this direct criminal appeal we must decide whether the District Court abused its discretion in refusing to consider evidence of Scott's expectations of his potential sentence before denying Scott's motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Finding...

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