United States v. Lau

MEMORANDUM

COOPER, District Judge.

The defendant seeks to be relieved of his plea of guilty entered of record on April 4, 1968 before this Court and an order that the sentence imposed on May 9, 1968 be vacated. It is his position that at the time of plea he was not aware that willfulness was an essential element of the offense involved; and that he was lulled into a sense of security by the assurances of his attorney, who then stood beside him, that a “deal” 1 2had been made with the prosecution whereby defendant would receive a sentence of six months, the execution of which in all likelihood…