United States v. Jacquinto

OPINION

CORRECTION OF DEFECTIVE RULE 11 HEARING

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

On January 2, 1979, Dominic Jacquinto pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of violating 21 U.S.C. § 846, which prohibits, inter alia, conspiring to distribute controlled substances. On that same date, Raymond Trainor pleaded guilty to a charge of violating the same conspiracy statute, as well as to charges of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841, which prohibits the substantive offense of distribution. At the plea hearing, in informing the defendants of the maximum penalty to which they would be subject under § 846, I relied…