FIL ED U.S. COURT OF APPEAL S EL EVENTHCI RCUI T NOVEMB ER 29, 2011 J OHN L EY CL ERK [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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UNITED STAT ES OF AMERIC A, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll l l Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll ee,
vers us SHIRENE Q. WALLACE, a.k .a. Sh ire ne Cu m

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (No ve m be r 29 , 20 11 ) Befo re MAR CUS, MARTIN an d F AY, Circ ui t J ud ge s. PER CURI AM: Sh ire ne W al la ce ap pe al s h er co nv ic ti on s fo r co ns pi racy to c omm itba nkfrau d, i n v io lati on of 1 8 U.S.C. § 13 49 , andba nkfrau d, i n v io la ti on of 1 8 U.S.C.

§ 1 34 4. Onap pe al , W al la ce ar gu es th atsh e sh ou ldbe all owe d t o wi th dr aw he r gu il ty ple a b ecau se he r tr ia l co un se l was in effe ct iv e. Fo r th e rea so ns setforth be lo w, we affi rm

W al la ce’s co nv ic ti on s. I. W al la ce p le ad edgu il ty pur su an t t o awrit te n p le a ag reem en t. At h er ch an ge of pl ea h eari ng , sh e was pl acedun de r oa th , andsh e te st ifi edth atsh e h addi sc us se d he r pl ea ag reem en t wi th he r atto rn ey be fo re s ig ni ng it , was s at is fie d wi thhe r at to rn ey ’s rep res en ta ti onan d a dv ic e, an d u nd ers to odth e te rm s o f th e p le a ag reem en t. At s en te nc in g, the di st ric t co urt ac cep te d Wall ace’s g ui lty pl ea an d writ te n p le a ag reem en t. Walla ce s ta te d t ha t s he an d h er at to rn ey ha d re vi ewedth e pr es en te nc e in ve st ig at io n re po rt ( “ PSI” ), an d wh il e m ak in g o bjec ti on s t o t he PSI, he r at to rn ey

no te d t ha t h e d idno t h av e th e m os t re cen t co py of th e PSI wi thhi m . W al la ce’s at to rn ey

ha d o bjec te d t o an e nh an cem en t b as edon th e num be r of vi ct im s. Ho wev er, h e withd rew the ob jecti on be cau se , bas edon in fo rm at io n t he go ve rn m en t h adpro vi de d p rio r to sen te nc in g, the en ha nc em en t was pro pe r. II. W e rev ie w a cla im

of i ne ffec ti ve ass is ta nc e de no vo . Uni te d Sta tes v. Ben de r , 29 0 F .3d12 79 , 12 84 (11 th Cir . 20 02 ). W e g en eral ly w il l n ot“ co ns id er
2cl ai m s o f in effe ct iv e as si st an ce o f co un se l ra is edon di rectap pe al wher e th e

di st ric t co urt d idno t en te rta in th e cl ai m no r de ve lo p afactua l re co rd .” Id

. Bec au se th e d is tri ctco urt d idno t co ns id er wh ethe r W al la ce’s tria l at to rn ey ’s
as si st an ce was in effe ct iv e, th ere i s n o fa ctua l re co rdforus to rev ie w. Se e id

. Mo reo ve r, th e p le a co ll oquy andsen te nc in g tran sc rip ts do no t p ro vi de a su ffi ci en t
reco rdon whi chwe co ul d fi ndin effe ct iv e as si st an ce. Walla ce t es ti fie d dur in g t he pl ea co ll oquy tha t s he ha d re vi ewedth e p le a ag reem en t wi th he r atto rn ey be fo re si gn in g i t an d t ha t s he was s at is fie d wi th hi s re pr es en ta ti on an d a dv ic e. Altho ug h he r at to rn ey

st at edat s en te nc in g t ha t h e d idno t h av e th e m os t re cen t v ers io n o f th e PSI wi th hi m , he d idno t s ta te th athe ha d n otrece iv edth e m os t re cen t v ers io n o r th athe ha d n otrev ie wedth e m os t re cen t v ers io n wi th W al la ce. Add it io na ll y , he withd rew h is sen te nc in g o bjec ti on ba se d o n i nf orm at io n t he go ve rn m en t h ad pr ov id edbe fo re s en te nc in g. We can no t p res en tl y de te rm in e whe th er thi s d eci si on
was warran te d b ecau se th ere i s n o re co rdest ab li sh in g wh atth e in fo rm at io n was . Acco rd in gl y , we dec li ne to co ns id er Wall ace’s i ne ffec ti ve ass is tanc e cl ai m s u nt il th e d is tri ctco urt h as ha d t he op po rtu ni ty to d ev el op a factua l re co rd
. Fo r th e fo reg oi ng reas on s, we af firm W al la ce’s co nv ic ti on s. AFFIRMED.

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