White

MEMORANDUM *

Jean Pierre White appeals his conviction and sentence after a guilty plea to unarmed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a). Pursuant to the government’s recommendation, White was sentenced to time served.

In this appeal, White challenges the voluntariness of his plea. He claims that the district court did not adequately inquire into the reason for his pleading guilty in light of his protestation of innocence two weeks earlier, when the district court refused to accept his plea. See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 38 , 91 S.Ct. 160 , 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970).

We conclude that here, the district court conducted an adequate inquiry into the reason for the guilty plea. The defendant was very familiar with the nature of the government’s case against him, for there had already been two trials ending in mistrials. At this change of plea proceeding, the court asked the defendant directly to “tell me what you did that satisfies you that you are guilty.” The defendant responded that his plea was “based on the facts that the government presented at trial,” and he believed that the government “can prove that I am guilty.” The court then summarized exactly what…