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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e So ut he rn Dis tri ct of I owa - Dav en po rt

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__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re WOL LMAN, BOW MAN, an d LOKEN, Circ ui t J ud ge s.

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Afte r Ja im e Mo ran pl ead ed gu il ty to a m ari juan a co ns pi racy of

fen se , th e di st ric t co ur t se nt en ced hi m to 14 4 m on th s in pr is on , in acco rd an ce wit h th e pa rti es ’

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The Hon or ab le Ja m es E. Grit zn er, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e 1 So ut he rn Dis tri ct of Io wa, ad op ti ng th e rep or t an d reco m m en da ti on s of th e Hon or ab lejoi nt se nt en ci ng s t i p u l a t io n an d reco m m en da ti on

. On ap pe al , ne wly ap po in te d

co un se l ha s fil ed a br ie f un de r And ers v. Cal ifo rn ia , 38 6 U.S. 73 8 (1 9 67 ). Fo r th e
reas on s ex pl ai ne d b el ow, we af fir m

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Co un se l arg ue s th at Mo ran ’s gu il ty pl ea is no t vo lu nt ary, be cau se tri al co un se l fai le d to ch al le ng e th e cred ib il it y of th e go ve rn m en t’s in fo rm an t an d to su pp res s th e in fo rm an t’s in cri m in at in g st at em en ts

. Co un se l al so arg ue s th at tri a l c o un se l was in effe ct iv e fo r en te ri ng int o the joi nt st ip ul at io n an d reco m m en da ti on fo r a 14 4- m on th

se nt en ce. Neit he r of th es e arg um en ts is pr op erl y be fo re us

. Fi rs t, Mo ran di d no t se ek be lo w to wit hd raw hi s gu il ty pl ea; an d se co nd , bo th of hi s arg um en ts are ba se d on in effe ct iv e as si st an ce of co un se l, whi ch we de cl in e to ad dr es s in th is di rect cri m in al ap pe al

. See Uni te d St at es v. Um an z o 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 nt ari ne ss 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 5 5 p r o c e e di ng s whe re fact ua l reco rd co ul d be fu rth er de ve lo pe d) ; Uni te d St at es v. Ram ire z-Her na nd ez, 44 9 F.3 d 82 4, 82 6- 27 (8 th Ci r. 20 06 ) (in effe ct iv e- a s s i st an ce cl ai m s are us ua ll y be st li ti ga te d in co ll at eral pr oc eed in gs ; th is co ur t wil l co ns id er su ch c l a i ms on di rect ap pe al on ly whe re reco rd is fu ll y de ve lo pe d, whe re no t to act wou ld am ou nt to pl ai n

m is carr ia ge of ju st ic e, or

wher e co un se l’s er ro r is read il y ap pa ren t).

Fi na ll y , ha vi ng r ev 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 no no nf riv ol ou s is s u e s fo r ap pe al

. The jud gm en t i s af

fir m ed

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St ep he n B. Ja ck so n, Jr., Uni te d Stat es Mag is tra te Ju dg e fo r th e So ut he rn Dis tri ct of Io wa.
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