Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Defendants' sex trafficking convictions and sentences are affirmed where: 1) defendants did not assert their legal innocence in moving to withdraw their guilty pleas; 2) the government would have been prejudiced by the withdrawal of defendants' pleas; 3) the district court ensured that the pleas were taken knowingly and voluntarily; and 4) the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying one defendant's request for new counsel.
Read US v. Carreto, No. 06-2295
Appellate Information
Argued: October 10, 2008
Decided: October 8, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Chin
Counsel
For Appellant:
Laurie S. Hershey, Manhasset, NY
Julia Pamela Heit, New York, NY
For Appellee:
Monica Ryan and David C. James, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY