Legal Opinion
Lee Jackson Keel v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1978No. 77-2019PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the question of whether a federal prisoner can successfully attack his guilty plea in a habeas corpus proceeding on the ground that Rule 11, Fed.R. Crim.P., was not literally complied with at the time the plea was accepted by the district court, even though noncompliance with Rule 11 resulted in no prejudice to the defendant. Following what it conceived to be the controlling precedents of this Circuit, a panel of this Court reversed the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus, applied a per se rule that noncompliance with the literal requirement…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by63 opinions
- United States v. Winston Eugene DaytonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. John O. Green A/K/A John O. HornungCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Henry Edsel Holmes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- William Howard Cross, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Michael J. PeterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
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