Jordan v. United States

I agree with my colleagues that a remand is appropriate. However, I would not set aside the convictions, but rather would remand the record for a hearing as to whether appellant knowingly and intelligently entered into the stipulation which formed the basis for the findings of his guilt. I write this statement in part because the majority opinion does not state precisely what reversible error occurred, and in part because of my related belief that it unwarrantedly implies a degree of dereliction on the part of the trial court.

There had been separate hearings on appellant’s codefendants’…