United States v. Ramos-Mejia, No. 12-1738 (1st Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Defendant appealed, asserting that he did not understand the criminal intent required as an element of the crime and that the district court accepted his guilty plea without an adequate factual basis for the mens rea element of the conspiracy charge. The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, holding (1) the district court did not plainly err in finding Defendant's plea was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary, as the record contained sufficient evidence of Appellant's appreciation of the elements of the charged crime; and (2) there was a suitable factual basis for Appellant's guilty plea.
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