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No. 10-4346
No. 10-4347
No. 10-4573
Appeals from the United States District Court for the District
of South Carolina, at Columbia.
Cameron McGowan Currie,
District
Judge.
(3:09-cr-00390-CMC-7;
3:09-cr-00390-CMC-8;
3:09-cr-00390-CMC-2)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Daniel
Cortez-Meza
and
Alejandro
Zavala-Lopez
pled
846
distribute
(2006),
quantity
and
of
possession
cocaine,
in
with
the
violation
intent
of
21
to
U.S.C.
their
crimes.
Hernandez-Rodriguez
was
sentenced
to
240
and
adequacy
whether
of
Appellants
Appellants
Fed.
sentences
R.
are
Crim.
P.
11
reasonable.
Because we
Prior to
the
defendant
comprehends,
the
nature
of
the
charge
to
possible
relinquishing
by
penalty
pleading
he
faces,
guilty.
and
Fed.
the
R.
rights
Crim.
P.
he
is
11(b);
United States v. DeFusco, 949 F.2d 114, 116 (4th Cir. 1991).
Additionally, the district court must determine that there is a
factual
basis
for
the
plea.
Fed.
R.
Crim.
P.
11(b)(3).
this
Fed. R. Crim. P.
should
accord
deference
to
the
trial
courts
withdraw
hearings
their
is
guilty
reviewed
pleas,
for
plain
any
error
error.
in
the
United
Rule
11
States
v.
To establish plain
error, Appellants must show: (1) an error was made; (2) the
error is plain; and (3) the error affects substantial rights.
United
States
2009).
v.
However,
Massenburg,
[t]he
564
decision
F.3d
337,
342-43
to
correct
the
(4th
Cir.
error
lies
of
judicial
proceedings.
Id.
at
343
(internal
accepting
Although
the
guilty
pleas
district
from
court
Cortez-Meza
made
one
and
minor
Zavala-Lopez.
omission
in
See
and
voluntary,
factual basis.
and
each
plea
was
adequately
supported
by
abuse-of-discretion
standard.
Gall
v.
United
properly
Guidelines
analyzed
calculated
the
Guidelines
range,
as
advisory,
considered
the
3553(a)
any
arguments
presented
by
the
treated
the
substantive
reasonableness
factors,
parties,
Id.
of
and
Finally, we
the
the
sentence,
United States
Appellants
did
not
request
sentence
572, 578 (4th Cir. 2010); see Massenburg, 564 F.3d at 342-43
(discussing plain error standard).
followed
Appellants,
the
necessary
properly
procedural
calculating
in
sentencing
Guidelines
range,
This court
may
move
representation.
in
this
court
for
leave
to
withdraw
from
contentions
the
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED