Opinion
CASE NUMBER 6:19-CR-00009-JDK
08-29-2019
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ERIC LAMONT PETTIGREW.
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND FINDING DEFENDANT GUILTY PURSUANT TO RULE 11(c)(1)(C)
On this day, the Court considered the Findings of Fact and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge John Love regarding Defendant Eric Lamont Pettigrew's plea pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C) to Count Two of the Indictment with a violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) - Possession with the Intent to Distribute or Dispense (Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Heroin, Crack Cocaine, Marijuana) and Count Three with 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. Having conducted a proceeding in the form and manner prescribed by Rule 11, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court accept Defendant's guilty plea, reserving to the District Judge the option of rejecting the Plea Agreement if, after review of the presentence report, the agreed sentence is determined not to be the appropriate disposition of the case. 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 August 22, 2019, are hereby ADOPTED.
It is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Defendant's Plea Agreement, the Court finds Defendant GUILTY of Counts Two and Three of the Indictment in the above-numbered cause, reserving to the Court the option of rejecting the Plea Agreement if, after review of the presentence report, the agreed sentence is determined not to be the appropriate disposition of the case.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 29th day of August, 2019.
/s/_________
JEREMY D. KERNODLE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE