United States v. Clyde Wallace Stamey

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Clyde Wallace Stamey appeals from the eighteen-year sentence imposed for his January 4, 1977 conviction on three counts 1 in an indictment under the bank robbery statute. 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (b), and (d). No question is raised as to Stamey’s guilt, or to the fairness of the trial, or other error; the sole issue presented for our review is whether, under Rule 11(e)(2) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the trial judge must consider the substance of a plea bargaining agreement before he decides whether to accept the defendant’s plea of guilty. We believe he does…