Legal Opinion
Oscar De Leon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1966No. 22519PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, District Judge:
The question on- this appeal is whether it was an abuse of judicial discretion for the district court to refuse appellant’s motion to withdraw a plea of guilty and enter a plea of not guilty under the circumstances herein related.
Appellant was indicted for an alleged violation of Title 21, U.S.C.A., § 174. 1
When the appellant was arraigned on September 18, 1962, the indictment was read in open court and he was informed of the maximum sentence that could be imposed if he should plead guilty or be found guilty of the charge. When the appellant was asked whether he had had…
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