Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
No. 11-4276
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
Benson Everett Legg, District Judge.
(1:05-cr-00088-BEL-2)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
James K. Larbi appeals the eighty-seven-month sentence
imposed following his guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with
the intent to distribute heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846
(2006).
Counsel
for
Larbi
with
Anders
v.
accordance
filed
brief
in
386
California,
this
U.S.
court
738
in
(1967),
noting
ineffective
that
Larbi
assistance.
believed
Larbi
trial
filed
counsel
pro
se
rendered
supplemental
brief, arguing that his guilty plea was rendered unknowing and
involuntary by (1) the arresting officers failure to inform him
of his right to speak with the Ghanaian consulate; and (2) the
district
courts
failure
to
review
with
Larbi
his
appellate
waiver.
Appellate
counsel
for
Larbi
questions
whether
trial
establishes
assistance.
Cir. 2008).
record
contains
no
that
counsel
conclusive
ineffective.
provided
evidence
that
ineffective
counsel
was
Larbis
pro
se
supplemental
brief
challenges
the
voluntarily.
the
colloquy
is
reviewed
for
plain
error.
United
To
an
error;
(2)
the
error
was
725,
732
(1993).
Mindful
plain;
and
(3)
the
error
these
standards,
we
have
entitle
him
to
relief.
Accordingly,
we
hold
that
the
We therefore
If Larbi
Counsels
with
oral
argument
because
the
facts
and
We
legal
AFFIRMED