Morales
United States v. Morales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Appellant, Marcos Morales (“Morales”), appeals his convictions and sentences for armed bank robbery and use of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113 and 922(c)(1). The district court’s inquiry into the voluntariness of Morales’ confession comports with the requirements of Rule 11. However, the district court erred in its calculation of restitution. For these reasons, we affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.
I.
Morales first argues that he should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea because the district court conducted an inadequate plea colloquy. Specifically, he argues that, because the district court failed to inquire whether the Government’s promise not to prosecute his common-law wife may have exerted undue influence upon him, his guilty plea was not “knowing and voluntary.”
We have stated that “governmental threats of criminal sanctions against relatives are relevant to the voluntariness determination.” Sanchez v. United States, 50 F.3d 1448, 1455 (9th Cir.1995). In this *731 case, the district judge and Morales had dialogue sufficient to show that his confession was knowing and voluntary:
“Courts generally consider such responses to be…