Legal Opinion

United States v. Howard E. Saft

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 5, 1977No. 1271, Docket 77-1143PublishedCited by 132 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the propriety of a ruling by Judge Pierce, in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, refusing to allow appellant, Howard E. Saft, to withdraw his plea of guilty and entering a judgment of conviction upon it. We affirm.

Appellant is an experienced businessman, born in 1923. He was president and chief executive officer of Adlay Jewelry, Inc. (Adlay) and owned 75% of its stock. Ad-lay’s business consisted principally of retail sales of jewelry at concessions in department store chains located in the metropolitan New York area and in…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. United States v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. United States v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Bolivar Irizarry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by132 opinions

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