Tenth Circuit· 2/3/2011

United States v. Mitchell

Citations

633 F.3d 997
84 Fed. R. Serv. 782
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 2113
2011 WL 322371

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holding that the defendant’s counsel used “colorful language” — “ ‘you would be a fool not to take this plea offer!!’” — to convince the defendant to accept a plea did not render the plea involuntary
applying de novo review where the issue of “whether [the defendant’s] plea was knowing and voluntary was raised before the district court on multiple occasions”
upholding a defendant’s waiver of any challenges to statements made in a plea agreement
\Our review ofthe voluntariness of a guilty plea is de novo.\ (citing United States v. Hamilton, 510 F.3d 1209, 1215-16 (10th Cir. 2007))
“The entirety of the record bears out the district court’s conclusion [that Mitchell’s plea was knowing and voluntary].... The plea agreement therefore is enforceable.”
\Our review of the voluntariness of a guilty plea is de novo.\ (citing United States v. Hamilton, 510 F.3d 1209 , 1215-16 (10th Cir. 2007) )

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Judges: Tymkovich, Seymour, and Holmes, Circuit Judges

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