Opinion
Case No. 2:19-CR-0006 JRG-RSP
01-07-2021
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ARTIS DEWAYNE COX
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND FINDING DEFENDANT GUILTY
On this day, the Court considered the Findings of Fact and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne regarding defendant's plea of guilty to Count 2 of an indictment charging defendant with a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base. Having conducted a proceeding in the form and manner prescribed by FED. R. CRIM P. 11, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court accept the defendant's guilty plea. The parties waived their right to file objections to the Findings of Fact and Recommendation. The Court is of the opinion that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation should be accepted.
It is accordingly ORDERED that the Findings of Fact and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, filed January 5, 2021, are hereby ADOPTED.
It is further ORDERED that, pursuant to defendant's plea agreement, the Court finds defendant GUILTY of Count 2 of the indictment in the above-numbered cause.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 7th day of January, 2021.
/s/_________
RODNEY GILSTRAP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE