United States v. Chambers

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO WITHDRAW PLEA

SACHS, District Judge.

Defendant Robert W. Chambers, a tax preparer, seeks to withdraw his plea of guilty to conspiracy and one substantive count charging that he caused the filing of fraudulent income tax returns by taxpayers, claiming false charitable contribution deductions. The plea was taken on June *144230, 1986, in a lengthy proceeding which also resulted in a nolo contendere plea by Mrs. Chambers. Subsequent to the preparation of presentence reports, but prior to sentencing, defendant indicated a wish to withdraw his pleas and…