U.S. v. ALVARADO-CASAS

No. 12-40295.

715 F.3d 945 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Servando ALVARADO-CASAS, also known as El Chino, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 14, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terri-Lei O'Malley (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Renata Ann Gowie , Asst. U.S., Atty., U.S. Atty.'s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Laura Fletcher Leavitt (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

For the first time on appeal, Defendant-Appellant Servando Alvarado-Casas challenges his federal guilty plea conviction of conspiracy to commit aggravated alien transporting, arguing principally that his plea lacks an adequate factual basis, and that the district court misadvised him as to his sentencing exposure, rendering his plea involuntary. Concluding that the district court's error in accepting his guilty plea, if any, was not plain...

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