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Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT May 5, 2005 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 04-50174 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus VICTOR MANUEL ARROYO-BALDERAS, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. EP-03-CV-168-5-PRM - Before JONES, BARKSDALE and PRADO, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Victor Manuel Arroyo-Balderas ple
Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT May 5, 2005 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 04-50174 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus VICTOR MANUEL ARROYO-BALDERAS, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. EP-03-CV-168-5-PRM - Before JONES, BARKSDALE and PRADO, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Victor Manuel Arroyo-Balderas plea..
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United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT May 5, 2005
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 04-50174
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
VICTOR MANUEL ARROYO-BALDERAS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. EP-03-CV-168-5-PRM
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Before JONES, BARKSDALE and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Victor Manuel Arroyo-Balderas pleaded guilty to a
superseding information charging him with misprision of a felony.
Arroyo has appealed his conviction, arguing that his guilty plea
was involuntarily entered because the factual basis does not
support his guilty plea to misprision of a felony. Arroyo
concedes that this court’s review is for plain error. See United
States v. Calverley,
37 F.3d 160, 162-64 (5th Cir. 1994) (en
banc).
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
No. 04-50174
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Arroyo has not shown that the district court plainly erred
in determining that the guilty plea had a basis in fact
establishing the essential elements of the offense. The record
reflects that Arroyo understood that he was pleading guilty to
failing to disclose to an FBI agent that he knew of a violation
of 42 U.S.C. § 6928(d)(2)(A). Moreover, any error on the part of
the district court did not affect Arroyo’s substantial rights.
Arroyo’s plea was to a substantially reduced charge after the
Government had presented its evidence and after Arroyo’s motion
for a judgment of acquittal was denied. The facts and charges
were well understood by the parties at that stage of the
proceeding. The judgment is AFFIRMED.