Bran
United States v. Bran
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Edgar Roberto Bran appeals his conviction by unconditional guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to possess pseudoephedrine, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 , 841(d)(2). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm in part and dismiss in part.
*679 Bran contends that the district court violated Fed.R.Crim.P. 11 by failing to sufficiently inform him about the charge to which he was pleading guilty. Because Bran failed to object in the district court, we review for plain error. United States v. Minore, 292 F.3d 1109, 1115, 1117 (9th Cir.2002). Upon review of the record, we find no error because in addition to the prosecutor reading the terms of the plea agreement and the elements of the crimes to which Bran was pleading in open court, the district court engaged in a lengthy colloquy with Bran to ascertain whether he understood the terms of the agreement, the elements of the crimes to which he was pleading guilty, and the ramifications of his plea. See United States v. Siu Kuen Ma, 290 F.3d 1002, 1005 (9th Cir.2002) (finding no plain error where…