Guilty Plea

Apr 2, 2025

Man will plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh

A California man will plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C, nearly three years ago, the defendant's attorneys said in a court filing on Wednesday.

May 6, 2020

Criminal Law: Guilty Plea-Withdrawal

Where a defendant challenged the denial of his post-conviction motion to withdraw his guilty plea in a criminal non-support case, the arguments were not properly preserved, and the probation rulings […]

May 6, 2020

Sentencing Bazell Guilty Plea

Where a defendant who originally pleaded guilty to stealing challenged the revocation of his probation and sentence for felony stealing, the trial court erred in sentencing the defendant for a […]

Apr 13, 2020

Criminal Law: Guilty Plea-Motion to Withdraw-Timeliness

Where a defendant challenged the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that he was misled or induced to plead guilty, the challenge was to the voluntariness […]

Mar 20, 2020

Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Guilty Plea-Effectiveness of Counsel

Where a defendant challenged the denial of post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing, the motion court did not err in denying the claim that his guilty plea lacked sufficient factual […]

Mar 13, 2020

Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Guilty Plea-Effectiveness Of Counsel

Where a defendant challenged the denial of post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing, the motion court did not err in denying the claim that his guilty plea lacked sufficient factual […]

Mar 11, 2020

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Guilty Plea-Obstruction of Justice

Where a defendant challenged his sentence and the validity of his guilty plea in a felon-in-possession case, the term of supervised release is vacated and the matter is remanded for […]

Feb 3, 2020

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Guilty Plea-Voluntariness

Where a defendant argued that counsel was ineffective for failing to explain that his plea agreement would prevent him from appealing the denial of an offense level reduction for acceptance […]

Jan 10, 2020

Criminal Law: Sentencing-Special Condition-Guilty Plea

Where a defendant argued that his guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary, the record showed that the plea was proper, and the district court had ample reasons to impose […]

Jan 10, 2020

Criminal Law: Firearm Offense-Suppression of Evidence-Guilty Plea

Defendant appealed from his guilty plea to a firearms offense, arguing that his counsel was ineffective, that his plea was involuntary and that the district court erred in denying his […]

Dec 6, 2019

Criminal Law: Guilty Plea-Voluntariness

Where a defendant in a drug case argued that his guilty plea was involuntary, the court declined to consider the argument because he did not move to withdraw the plea […]

Nov 15, 2019

Criminal Law: Felon in Possession-Prior Conviction-Guilty Plea

Where a defendant in a felon-in-possession case challenged whether he had been convicted of a felony under Iowa law at the time that he possessed guns because he had not […]