U.S. v. Chaidez-Favela

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. RAMON CHAIDEZ-FAVELA, Defendant

Court: United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division

Date published: Aug 14, 2008

Case No. 1:08-CR-161 (W.D. Mich. Aug. 14, 2008)

Opinion

Case No. 1:08-CR-161.

August 14, 2008

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

HUGH BRENNEMAN JR., Magistrate Judge

Pursuant to W.D. Mich. LCrR 11.1 and upon a request of the district court, I conducted a felony plea hearing in this matter on August 14, 2008, after receiving the written consent of the defendant, the defendant's attorney, and the attorney for the government. These consents were also placed on the record in open court.

Defendant Ramon Chaidez-Favela is charged in single-count Indictment with possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. On the basis of this record, I found that defendant was competent to enter a plea of guilty and that his plea was knowledgeable and voluntary with a full understanding of each of the rights waived by the defendant, that the defendant fully understood the nature of the charge and the consequences of his plea, and that the defendant's plea had a sufficient basis in fact which contained all of the elements of the offense charged.

There was no written plea agreement in this case.

I accepted the plea of guilty, subject to final acceptance of the plea by the District Judge. I ordered the preparation of a presentence investigation report, and directed the clerk to procure a transcript of the plea hearing for review by the District Judge.

Recommendation

Based upon the foregoing, I respectfully recommend that the defendant's plea of guilty to the sole count of the Indictment be accepted, and that the court adjudicate the defendant guilty of that charge.

NOTICE TO PARTIES

You have the right to de novo review by the district judge of the foregoing findings. Any application for review must be in writing, must specify the portions of the findings or proceedings objected to, and must be filed and served no later than ten (10) days after the plea hearing. See W.D. Mich. LCrR 11.1(b). A failure to file timely objections may result in the waiver of any further right to seek appellate review of the plea-taking procedure. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985); Neuman v. Rivers, 125 F.3d 315, 322-23 (6^th Cir.), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 1030 (1997); United States v. Walters, 638 F.2d 947 (6^th Cir. 1981).