United States v. Guardado

The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 293 month sentence after he pleaded guilty to several federal criminal charges, including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The court held that the government did not breach the plea agreement when it argued at sentencing that defendant was responsible for more than 149.93 grams of actual methamphetamine. In this case, defendant's agreement reserved to both parties the right to present at sentencing any evidence and argument on issues not explicitly agreed to or decided in the document. Furthermore, for a plea to be voluntary, a defendant need not understand precisely how the sentencing guidelines will apply to his case View "United States v. Guardado" on Justia Law