U.S. v. VENTURA-CRUEL

No. 02-1538.

356 F.3d 55 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ignacio VENTURA-CRUEL Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Richard Strafer, with whom G. Richard Strafer, P.A., was on brief for appellant.

Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney and Sonia I. Torres-Pabón, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Ignacio Ventura-Cruel appeals from his convictions for participating in a cocaine conspiracy. To resolve this appeal, we must consider whether, in the circumstances of this case, the district court lacked the authority to reject Ventura-Cruel's guilty plea and whether admissions that he made in a letter of confession written pursuant to his plea agreement were properly admitted against...

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