United States v. Gregory Leferrall Warren

Gregory Leferrall Warren appeals his sentence imposed under the United States Sentencing Guidelines after he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g). Warren contends the district court erred by imposing his 30-month federal sentence to run consecutively to an undischarged 30-year state prison sentence. Warren also seeks resentencing on the ground that the U.S. Attorney breached a plea agreement by recommending that Warren’s federal sentence run consecutively to his state sentence. We affirm.

I.

In June 1991, Warren pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm on or about October 2,1990. At that time, the district court reviewed with Warren the terms of his plea agreement:

Before sentencing, the parties exchanged and filed several letters and memoranda concerning a number of issues, including whether the federal sentence should run concurrently or consecutively to the state sentence. In response to the government’s statements relating to the concurrent/consecutive issue, Warren accused the government of breaching its promise not to take a position on the issue.

The date for sentencing was continued…