U.S. v. MORRISETTE

No. 04-2387.

429 F.3d 318 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gerald MORRISETTE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey B. Wood, with whom Shea, Larocque & Wood was on brief for appellant.

Margaret D. McGaughey, Appellate Chief, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.

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


CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Gerald Morrisette appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered against him by the district court, for distributing cocaine base, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(iii). He contends that (i) the guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary, (ii) the government failed to prove that he possessed in excess of 50 grams of cocaine base as charged in the indictment; (iii) the court erred in determining that he did not...

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