Leonard Whaylon Smith v. United States

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Upon a plea of guilty, appellant Smith was convicted on three counts of forgery in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 495 and sentenced to imprisonment on consecutive sentences for a total period of nine years. On appeal he contends that the totality of circumstances having occurred with regard to the arraignment and sentencing proceedings demonstrate (1) that his guilty plea was not entered voluntarily with an understanding of the nature of the charge, and (2) that the district court erred in failing to grant a motion made prior to sentencing to withdraw the plea. We…