United States v. Escobedo, No. 12-40205 (5th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction for conspiracy to transport an alien within the United States for private gain. Defendant contended that the district court erroneously allowed the government to introduce at trial evidence of his withdrawn guilty plea and related inculpatory statements. Because an ambiguous plea agreement must be reasonably construed in favor of the defendant, the court concluded that the district court erred in reading the waiver as taking effect immediately rather than upon its acceptance of his guilty plea, and in allowing the government to introduce defendant's withdrawn guilty plea and related inculpatory statements at trial. Accordingly, the court reversed and remanded.
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