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No. 09-5005
a/k/a
Alli
Mahar,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Roger W. Titus, District Judge. (8:08cr-00281-RWT-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Sajjad
Nazar
Mahar
appeals
the
district
courts
Counsel for
Mahar has
was
counsel.
involuntary
involuntary.
11
alleging
ineffective
assistance
of
P.
and
first
asserts
that
his
guilty
plea
was
hearing
and
conclude
based
on
his
statements
evidence
statements
made
established.
to
during
the
a
contrary,
Rule
11
the
colloquy
truth
is
of
at
the
Absent
sworn
conclusively
(4th Cir. 2005); see also Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 74
(1977) (holding that a defendants declaration at the Rule 11
hearing
carr[ies]
strong
presumption
of
verity);
United
States v. DeFusco, 949 F.2d 114, 119 (4th Cir. 1991) (concluding
that a defendants statement at a Rule 11 hearing that he was
neither
coerced
nor
threatened
was
strong
evidence
of
the
next
asserts
that
both
trial
and
appellate
United
Rather, to
Id.
establishes
ineffective
assistance.
United
States
v.
Because the
of
counsel,
we
find
that
Mahars
claims
are
not
of
with
the
issues
the
requirements
for
appeal.
district
court.
of
Anders,
Accordingly,
At
this
and
we
we
find
affirm
juncture,
we
no
the
deny
If the
court
at
that
time
for
3
leave
to
withdraw
from
representation.