Legal Opinion
United States v. Gert Albertus Theron
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 1, 1988No. 87-1734PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Gert Theron appeals the district court’s denial of his pre-sentence motion to withdraw his guilty plea. For the following reasons, we reverse.
I
Theron was indicted along with eleven co-conspirators for mail fraud and conspiracy. While both sides were preparing their cases, Theron learned that a co-defendant had pled guilty. Theron alleges that he believed the plea agreement guaranteed his co-defendant probation. As a consequence, he sought and received a similar arrangement. 1 In fact, neither agreement guaranteed probation. The prosecution agreed only to advise the…
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