Legal Opinion
United States v. Stephen Scott Crooker
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 20, 1984No. 83-1551PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Stephen Crooker, the appellant, pled guilty to a federal charge of unlawful possession of firearms, 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1) (forbidding previously convicted felon to possess firearms). Three weeks later the court sentenced him to a prison term of three years — to begin when he finished serving a pre-existing sentence for a state crime. About one month after sentencing, appellant moved to withdraw his guilty plea under Fed.R.Crim.P. 32(d) — a rule that allows the court to set aside such a plea “to correct manifest injustice.” Appellant based his claim of “manifest…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- James J. Domenica v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1961
- Anibal Otero-Rivera v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- United States v. Mohammed Y. ButtCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Scott A. Fountain, United States of America v. Matthew D. GrangerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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