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a con spi racy i n volvi n g 170 k i l ogram s of coc ai n e i n sup port o f al i fe se nt e nc e . H e ar gue s t hatt he t o t ali t y o f t he c i r c um s t anc e s w ar r ant s t he w i t hdraw alof

hi s gui l t y pl ea. D e l ar o s a’ s a s s e r t i o ns a r e no ts upp o r t e d b y t h e rec o r d. The G o ve r nm e nt sp ecif i ca l l y a d vised D elaro sa v i a in d i ctm en t of the tw o con victi on s i t plan n ed to u s e to s u p p o r t alife s e n te n c e e n h a n c e m e n t u p o n co n v ic tio n . S ee Un i t ed S t ate s v . Ar no l d, 467 F . 3d 880 , 886 ( 5th C i r. 2 006 ) . F u rt h er, a s the dis t ri ctcourtnoted att he se nt e nc i ng he ar i ng, “ [i] t ’ s pr e po s t e r o us t hat[ D e l ar o s a] s t at e s he ha d no no t i c e ” o f

al i fe sent e nc e w he n o ne r e vi e w s t he r e ar r ai gnm e ntt r ans c r i pt . The r ear r ai gnm entt r ansc r i p tr e v e a l s tha tthed i s t r ic tc our tadvi se d D el ar os a s eve r al ti m es th a t he w a s “plea d i n g gu i l ty u n d er circu m stan ces w h ere [h e w a s] go i n g to ge t li fe. ” S ee Un i t ed S t ate s v. Jon es , 9 0 5 F .2 d 8 6 7 , 8 6 8 -6 9 (5 th C ir . 1 9 9 0 ); Un i t ed S t ate s v. Pearson , 910 F . 2d 221 , 223 ( 5th C i r. 199 0) . A revi ew of t h e t ot al i t y of th e cir c u m s ta n c e s in th e in s ta n t c a s e in d i c a t e s D e la r o s a w a s a d e q u a te ly in fo r m e do f th e p o s s ib le s e n te n c in gco n s e q u e n c e s a n dt h a t th e d is tr ic t c o u r t d id n o t a b u s e its d is c r e tio n in d e n y in gh is m o tio n to w ith d r a w h is g u iltyp le a . S ee Un ited S ta tes v . Po w ell , 3 5 4 F .3 d3 6 2 , 3 7 0 (5 th C ir . 2 0 0 3 ); Un i t ed S t ate s v. Carr , 740 F . 2d 339 , 343 - 44 (5t h C i r. 198 4) . A ccor di n gl y, the j u dg m en tof t h e di st ri ct c o u r ti s A F F I RMED.