U.S. v. CASTRO-GOMEZ

No. 99-1491.

233 F.3d 684 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. César R. CASTRO-GÓMEZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lydia Lizarribar-Masini, was on brief, for appellant.

Camille Vélez-Rivé, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Guillermo A. Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, STAHL and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

Appellant César R. Castro-Gómez appeals the denial by the district court of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Castro-Gómez allegedly was unaware that the only possible sentence for a person with his criminal history under the "three strikes" statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c)(1)(A), was life imprisonment. Because the district court did not inform appellant, as required by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure

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