United States v. Santiago, No. 14-1219 (1st Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a coconspirator in a 2010 murder in Rhode Island, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery affecting commerce, robbery affecting commerce, and possessing and discharging a gun in relation to a crime of violence with death resulting. Defendant sought to vacate his plea on grounds that, at the change-of-plea hearing, the district court omitted sufficient notice of the possible sentence accompanying the third charge. The government agreed that the omission was a violation of Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(b)(1)(I). The First Circuit affirmed, holding that Defendant’s substantial rights were not affected by this error.
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