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No. 15-4241
No. 15-4247
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte.
Robert J. Conrad,
Jr., District Judge. (3:13-cr-00193-RJC-1; 3:12-cr-00386-RJC-4)
Submitted:
Decided:
March 9, 2016
PER CURIAM:
Matthew J. Musante was charged with conspiracy to commit
insider trading, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 (2012), and
transactional money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957
(2012).
(J.A.
subsequently
30).
moved
Musante
to
entered
withdraw
his
guilty
plea,
plea,
arguing
but
that
F.3d
438
(2d
Cir.
2014),
cert.
denied,
136
S.
Ct.
242
We affirm.
We review for an abuse of discretion the denial of a motion
to withdraw a guilty plea.
bears
the
should be granted.
burden
demonstrating
that
The
withdrawal
345, 348 (4th Cir. 2009) (brackets and internal quotation marks
omitted).
complied
Where,
with
the
as
here,
Rule
11
the
district
requirements,
court
the
substantially
defendant
must
In
deciding
motion
to
withdraw
guilty
plea,
the
The first
motion
to
withdraw
guilty
plea.
United
States
v.
It is this factor
to
the
disclosed.
concluding,
The
in
insider
district
essence,
that
from
court
the
the
information
rejected
factual
this
basis
for
improperly
argument,
the
plea
Our review
of the record convinces us that the district court did not abuse
its discretion in so concluding.
Accordingly, we affirm the district courts ruling denying
the motion to withdraw the guilty plea.