United States v. Leonardo Mancilla-Garcia

89 F.3d 847 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonardo MANCILLA-GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-50350. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 7, 1996. Decided June 27, 1996. Before: WIGGINS, THOMPSON, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 ORDER * 2 Leonardo Mancilla-Garcia was arrested with codefendant Agraciano Marquez-Delgado while carrying sacks of fertilizer towards a marijuana field in a remote and rocky desert canyon. Mancilla and Marquez later entered into a "package" plea agreement with the government and purported to waive their rights to appeal. Mancilla now raises four arguments he did not make before the district court: (1) the district judge improperly participated in the plea discussion in violation of Rule 11(e); (2) his plea was involuntary because it was part of a "package"; (3) he did not knowingly and voluntarily waive his appellate rights; and (4) the district…