Filed: Jun. 29, 2015
Latest Update: Jun. 29, 2015
Summary: ORDER HARRY S. MATTICE, Jr. , District Judge . On June 9, 2015, Magistrate Judge William B. Mitchell Carter filed a Report and Recommendation recommending (a) the Court accept Defendant's plea of guilty to the lesser included offense in Count One of the Indictment, conspiracy to manufacture and distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) and fifty grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of 21 USC
Summary: ORDER HARRY S. MATTICE, Jr. , District Judge . On June 9, 2015, Magistrate Judge William B. Mitchell Carter filed a Report and Recommendation recommending (a) the Court accept Defendant's plea of guilty to the lesser included offense in Count One of the Indictment, conspiracy to manufacture and distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) and fifty grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of 21 USC ..
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ORDER
HARRY S. MATTICE, Jr., District Judge.
On June 9, 2015, Magistrate Judge William B. Mitchell Carter filed a Report and Recommendation recommending (a) the Court accept Defendant's plea of guilty to the lesser included offense in Count One of the Indictment, conspiracy to manufacture and distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) and fifty grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of 21 USC §§ 846 and 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), in exchange for the undertakings made by the government in the written plea agreement; (b) the Court adjudicate Defendant guilty of the charges set forth in the lesser included offense in Count One of the Indictment; (c) that a decision on whether to accept the plea agreement be deferred until sentencing; and (d) Defendant shall remain in custody pending sentencing in this matter (Doc. 70). Neither party filed an objection within the given fourteen days. After reviewing the record, the Court agrees with the magistrate judge's report and recommendation. Accordingly, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the magistrate judge's report and recommendation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and ORDERS as follows:
(1) Defendant's plea of guilty to the lesser included offense in Count One of the Indictment, in exchange for the undertakings made by the government in the written plea agreement, is ACCEPTED;
(2) Defendant is hereby ADJUDGED guilty of the charges set forth in the lesser included offense in Count One of the Indictment;
(3) A decision on whether to accept the plea agreement is DEFERRED until sentencing; and
(4) Defendant SHALL REMAIN IN CUSTODY pending sentencing on Monday, October 19, 2015, at 9:00 am.
SO ORDERED.