United States v. Haslam, No. 14-2641 (7th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseHaslam pleaded guilty to manufacturing methamphetamine, possessing unregistered silencers, and possessing a firearm in connection with a drug offense. His presentence report included as relevant conduct an incident in which Haslam held a woman hostage in his apartment on the mistaken belief that she was an undercover police officer. Haslam moved to withdraw his plea, arguing that the government breached the plea agreement by giving this hostage-taking information to the probation office and the court. The district judge denied the motion and imposed a sentence of 181 months in prison. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. Haslam’s plea agreement did not limit the information the government could give the court about the offense or his background, but explicitly reserved the government’s right to fully inform the court, so there was no breach. The judge properly rejected Haslam’s alternative claim that he pleaded guilty unknowingly based on a misunderstanding that the plea agreement contained such a limitation.
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