Opinion
CR 20-42-BLG-DLC-TJC
10-19-2020
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. JOHNATHAN SCOTT COOPER, Defendant.
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION OF U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The Defendant, by consent, appeared before me under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 and entered a plea of guilty to Count II of the Indictment, which charges the crime of possession of an unregistered silencer, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5841 and 5861(d).
After examining the Defendant under oath, the Court determined:
1. That the Defendant is fully competent and capable of entering an informed and voluntary plea to the criminal offense charged against him;
2. That the Defendant is aware of the nature of the charge against him and the consequences of pleading guilty to the charge;
3. That the Defendant fully understands his pertinent constitutional rights and the extent to which he is waiving those rights by pleading guilty to the criminal offense charged against him; and
4. That his plea of guilty to the criminal offense charged against him is knowingly and voluntarily entered, and is supported by independent factual grounds sufficient to prove each of the essential elements of the offense charged.
The Court further notes that Defendant entered the guilty plea without a written plea agreement and counsel represented that no more favorable plea agreement offers were made.
Therefore, I recommend that the Defendant be adjudged guilty of the charge in Count II of the Indictment and that sentence be imposed.
Objections to these Findings and Recommendation are waived unless filed and served within fourteen (14) days after the filing of the Findings and Recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B); Fed. R. Crim. P. 59(b)(2).
DATED this 19th day of October, 2020.
/s/_________
TIMOTHY J. CAVAN
United States Magistrate Judge