U.S. v. Adams 

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Guilty Plea
Citation
Case Number: 
Nos. 12-2125 et al. Cons.
Decision Date: 
February 26, 2014
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed and reversed in part and remanded
In prosecution on drug conspiracy charge, defendant waived issue on appeal as to whether Dist. Ct. erred in denying his motion to continue his trial, where defendant entered into blind guilty plea that precluded defendant from raising said issue on appeal. Moreover, Ct. rejected defendant’s claim that said plea was not knowing or voluntary, because he was not specifically informed at his guilty plea colloquy that his guilty plea would preclude him from raising any pre-trial issues, where Ct. noted that Rule 11(b)(1) did not require Dist. Ct. to inform defendant of such consequence. Dist. Ct. erred, though, in basing defendant’s sentence in part on two-level enhancement for maintaining stash house under section 2D1.1(b)(2) of USSG, where said enhancement was not in effect at time of defendant’s offense. (Partial dissent filed.)