091695P.pdf   04/13/2010  United States  v.  Joseph Akens
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-1695
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Arnold,
   Circuit Judge]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. District court did not
   abuse its discretion by denying defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty
   plea as his prior Missouri conviction qualified as the predicate for his
   conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm; defendant waived
   his right to appeal a firearm enhancement and imposition of career
   offender status, and that portion of his appeal is dismissed.
  
091695P.pdf   03/11/2010  United States  v.  Joseph Akens
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-1695
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Arnold,
   Circuit Judge]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. District court did not
   abuse its discretion by denying defendant's motion to set aside his guilty
   plea; defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal a
   firearm enhancement and his career offender status, and those portions of
   the appeal are dismissed.