United States v. Larry v. Cooper

Appellant Larry Vivien Cooper was charged in the Eastern District of Arkansas on May 25, 1967 with the offense of interstate transportation of a firearm from which the manufacturer’s serial number had been removed in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 902 (i). On May 26, 1967 appellant requested and signed a “consent to transfer of case for plea and sentence” to the Southern District of Texas pursuant to Rule 20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 1 in which he stated that he wished to plead guilty to the offense as charged and to waive trial in Arkansas. On June 16, 1967 he appeared before the…