MARX v. U.S.

No. 89-1603.

930 F.2d 1246 (1991)

Dennis Purtell MARX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Marx, pro se.

Francis L. Goodwin, Baron, Sar, Goodwin, Gill, Lohr & Jarman, Sioux City, Iowa, for petitioner-appellant.

Melvin K. Washington, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for respondent-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

The U.S. Marshal was late in delivering two cows — and therefore Dennis Purtell Marx claims that his guilty plea to drug distribution, firearms and tax charges should be thrown out. This claimed late delivery of the cows to his daughters — cows encumbered by bank liens — was, Marx asserts, a breach of his plea agreement. Marx also says that, in any event, he really didn't understand what he was pleading guilty to and therefore...

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