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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Weste rn Dis tri ct of M is so ur i - J effe rs on Cit y

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__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re WOL LMAN, ARNOLD, and SMITH, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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Ro be rt Mah an , Jr

. di rect ly ap pe al s aft er he pl ead ed gu il ty, pu rs ua nt to a writ te n pl ea ag reem en t, to a fel on -in -p os se ss io n of fen se , an d th e di st ric t co ur t se nt en ced hi m 1

Th e Hon or ab le Bet h Ph il li ps , Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e W es te r n 1 Dis tri ct of M is so ur i.to 12 0 m on th s in pr is on an d th ree y ears of su pe rv is ed rel eas e. Mah an ’s co un se l ha s

m ov ed to wit hd raw, an d h a s fil ed a br ie f un de r And ers v. Cal ifo rn ia , 38 6 U.S. 73 8 (1 96 7) ; an d Mah an ha s fil ed a pr o se su pp le m en ta l br ie f. Fo r th e reas on s th at fo ll ow, we affi rm th e jud gm en t, an d we g ran t co un se l’s m ot io n t o wi th dr aw.

Co un se l arg ue s in th e And ers br ie f th at Mah an ’s p le a was no t vo lu n t a ry , b ut th e is su e is no t pr op erl y be fo re us

. Se e U ni te d St at es v. Um an zo r, 61 7 F.3 d 10 53 , 10 60 -6 1 (8 th Ci r. 20 10 ) (wh ere de fen da nt di d no t m ov e to wit hd raw gu il ty pl ea in di st ric t co ur t, he co ul d no t ch al le ng e vo lu n ta rin es s of pl ea fo r fir st ti m e on di rect ap pe al , an d an y cl ai m th at pl ea was in vo lu nt ary ne ed ed to be ad dr es se d in 28 U.S.C. § 22 55 pr oc eed in gs whe re fact ua l reco rd co ul d be fu rth er de ve lo pe d)

. Co un se l al so arg ue s th at th e fel on -in -p os se ss io n st at ut e un de rlyin g Mah an ’s co nv ic ti on is in va li d

un de r th e Mi ss ou ri Co ns ti tu ti on be cau se it v i o l a t es th e rig ht to be ar arm s, an d

acco rd in gl y , th e co nv ic ti on an d sen te nc e are in va li d. The se arg um en ts are p at en tl y
m eri tl es s an d do no t warra nt ex te nd ed di sc us si on

. See Uni t e d S ta te s v. Jo os , 63 8 F.3 d 58 1, 58 6 (8 th Ci r. 20 11 ); Heart of Am

. Grai n In sp ect io n Serv ., In c. v. Mo

. Dep ’t of Agr ic ., 12 3 F.3 d 10 98 , 11 03 (8 th Ci r. 19 97 ) (d is cu ss in g Su pr em acy Cl au se ). The fin al And ers br ie f arg um en t ad dr es se s pr et ria l-d et en ti on cred it , bu t th is m at te r m us t fir st be rai se d wit h th e Bu reau of Pri so ns

. See Uni te d St at es v. Iv ers en , 90 F.3 d 13 40 , 13 44 (8t h C ir. 1 99 6)

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In hi s pr o se br ie f, Mah an c o mp l a i n s ge ne ral ly of th e am bi gu it y of hi s pl ea ag reem en t, bu t do es no t ex pl ai n wha t te rm s are am b i gu ou s or wha t rel ie f he se ek s. He al so rai se s in effe ct iv e-as si st an ce cl ai m s, whi ch we de cl in e to co ns id er in th is di rect ap pe al , se e Uni te d St at es v. Loo ki ng Cl ou d, 41 9 F.3 d 78 1, 78 8 -8 9 (8 th Ci r. 20 05 ); we reject hi s as se rti on s th at al le ge d m is st at em en ts in hi s p l e a ag reem en t

un de rm in ed th e di st ric t co ur t’s juri sd ic ti on ; an d hi s rel ia nc e on All ey ne v. Uni te d St at es , 13 3 S. Ct

. 21 51 , 21 55 (2 01 3) , is m is pl aced

. Fi na ll y , ha vi ng rev ie wed th e
reco rd in de pe nd en tl y as req ui red un de r Pen so n v. Ohi o, 48 8 U.S. 75 (1 98 8) , we fin d

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. Acco rd in gl y , we affi rm , a nd we gr an t co un se l ’s

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