Opinion
Criminal Action No. 6:17-CR-040-SSSS-CHB-6
11-26-2018
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ABDUL M. WILKERSON, Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING RECOMMENDATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF GUILTY PLEA
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This matter is before the Court on the Recommendation of Acceptance of Guilty Plea filed by United States Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram [R. 433]. The recommendation instructed the parties to file any specific written objections by no later than 9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 26, 2018, or else waive the right to further review. See id. at p. 3. Neither party has objected to Magistrate Judge Ingram's recommendation, and the time to do so has now passed. Defendant Wilkerson did file a consent to plead before the United States Magistrate Judge. [R. 430].
Upon review, the Court is satisfied that Defendant Abdul M. Wilkerson knowingly and competently pled guilty to the lesser included offense charged in Count 1 of the Fourth Superseding Indictment and that an adequate factual basis supports the plea as to each essential element of the offenses charged. Accordingly, and the Court being otherwise sufficiently advised,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:
1. Judge Ingram's Recommendation of Acceptance of Guilty Plea [R. 433] is ADOPTED as and for the opinion of this Court;
2. Defendant Abdul M. Wilkerson is ADJUDGED guilty of Count 1 of the Fourth Superseding Indictment;
3. The Defendant's Jury Trial and all other pre-trial proceedings are hereby CANCELLED and STRICKEN from the Court's docket; and
4. A Sentencing Order shall be entered promptly.
This the 26th day of November, 2018.
/s/
CLARIA HORN BOOM,
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
EASTERN AND WESTERN DISTRICTS OF
KENTUCKY