U.S. v. PUCKETT

No. 06-10543.

505 F.3d 377 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Benjamin PUCKETT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee Harris Toliver (argued), Fort Worth, TX, Susan B. Cowger, Jerri L. Sims, Dallas, TX, for U.S.

Lars Robert Isaacson (argued), Lewisville, TX, for Puckett.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

Appellant Puckett challenges his guilty-plea conviction of and sentence for bank robbery and the associated use of a firearm. Puckett argues that he lacked capacity to plead guilty, that the government breached the plea agreement, that the district court erred in calculating his offense level, and that he suffered from ineffective assistance of counsel. We hold that plain error review governs...

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