Opinion
6:22-CR-0072-JDK
11-07-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DARIUS LAMAR MERRICKS
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMMENDATION ON GUILTY PLEA
JEREMY D. KERNODLE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The Court referred this matter to the Honorable K. Nicole Mitchell, United States Magistrate Judge, for administration of a guilty plea under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11. The Magistrate Judge conducted a hearing in the form and manner prescribed by Rule 11 and issued Findings of Fact and Recommendation on Guilty Plea. The Magistrate Judge Recommended that the Court accept Defendant's guilty plea and adjudge Defendant guilty on Count Three of the Indictment.
The parties have not objected to the Magistrate Judge's findings.
The Court hereby ADOPTS the Findings of Fact and Recommendation on Guilty Plea of the United States Magistrate Judge. The Court also accepts Defendant's plea but defers acceptance of the plea agreement until after review of the presentence report.
In accordance with Defendant's guilty plea, the Court finds Defendant Darius Lamar Merricks GUILTY of Count Three of the Indictment, charging a violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) - Use, Carrying, and Possession of a Firearm During and in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
So ORDERED and SIGNED.