United States v. Bahena-Navarro, No. 11-1348 (7th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseFollowing criminal convictions involving controlled substances and a firearm, defendant, an illegal immigrant, was deported to Mexico in 2004. He unlawfully returned to the U.S. in 2008. Less than one year later, he was arrested for domestic violence and obstruction of justice and pled guilty in state court. He was charged with reentry by a previously deported alien, 8 U.S.C. 1326(a). The district court rejected an attempt to enter a conditional guilty plea, because he was unwilling to knowingly and voluntarily waive certain trial rights. Convicted, he was sentenced to 41 months. The Seventh Circuit affirmed stating that the court did not coerce defendant into proceeding to trial. The plea colloquy transcript suggests that the court diligently and patiently questioned him about his willingness to waive his trial rights.
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