United States v. Manuel Baker

BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to a plea bargain, Baker in 1985 pleaded guilty to two counts of tax evasion in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201 (1982), and one count involving distribution of narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1982). He contends that he was led to plead guilty by a recklessly erroneous or willfully false statement by the prosecutor that six or seven witnesses would testify as to Baker’s drug activities. In support of this contention he points to the testimony of a local detective, Travers, at a presentence evidentiary hearing on Baker’s motion to correct alleged…