Bailey v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This appeal, from the denial of a third attempt in the trial court to vacate a 1972 life sentence imposed under a first-degree murder guilty plea, 1 presents the question whether the trial court, after a hearing, erred in concluding that the plea was not influenced in a significant way by assumedly erroneous advice of counsel that a plea and prompt sentencing before appellant’s twenty-second birthday were necessary for Federal Youth Corrections Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 5005 et seq. (1970) (hereinafter, FYCA)) eligibility. Judge Murphy found the plea to have been a voluntary…
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