Sentencing Guidelines – Involuntary Plea

By: Derek Hawkins//June 20, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Kevin Reed

Case No.: 16-3428

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and BAUER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines – Involuntary Plea

In the midst of his fraud trial, appellant Kevin Reed decided to plead guilty. He was sentenced within the applicable Sentencing Guideline range to sixty‐ four months in prison. In this appeal, he argues that his guilty plea was involuntary and that the sentencing judge failed to address his principal argument in mitigation, that a prison sentence would impose an extraordinary hardship on his family. We affirm.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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