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Plea – Sentencing
By: Derek Hawkins//May 23, 2017//
Listen to this article7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. James G. Wheeler
Case No.: 16-3435
Officials: EASTERBROOK, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Plea – Sentencing
James Wheeler pleaded guilty to an attempt to obstruct interstate commerce by robbery, in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. §1951(a), and to using a gun (by shooting someone) during that crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(1)(A)(iii). The guilty plea did not reserve any issue for appeal under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(a)(2). To the contrary, Wheeler acknowledged in the written plea agreement that he “acknowledges and understands that he surrenders any claims he may have raised in any pretrial motion.” The district court sentenced him to 108 months for the Hobbs Act offense and a consecutive 120 months for the firearms offense
Affirmed
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