United States v. Helena Guterman McCoy

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Helena Gutterman McCoy, along with seven other codefendants, was charged by indictment with conspiring to import marijuana into the United States of America from the Republic of Mexico in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a) and 21 U.S.C. § 960(a)(1). McCoy pleaded not guilty and she and certain of her codefendants stood trial. After the jury had been impaneled, McCoy and her codefendants changed their pleas and the jury was discharged and the Government’s witnesses were excused. It would appear that the several changes of plea resulted from plea bargaining. In any event,…