UNITED STATES v. COWARDS

No. 20-60529 Summary Calendar.

24 F.4th 409 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joshua COWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed January 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert S. Carraway, III , Gregory Layne Kennedy, Esq. , Assistant United States Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Aafram Yaphet Sellers, Esq. , Sellers & Associates, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Southwick, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


Joshua Cowards appeals his jury trial conviction for Hobbs Act Robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence, for which he received a total 180-month sentence. He argues that the district court (1) erred in denying counsel's motion to withdraw and his request to accept the Government's plea offer, thereby...

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