United States v. Parra-Ibanez

On June 19, 1991, we issued an opinion holding, inter alia, that the district court should have conducted a further inquiry *22pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 11 as to the effects of certain medication on the defendant’s ability to offer a knowing and voluntary guilty plea. United States v. Parra-Ibanez, 936 F.2d 588 (1st Cir.1991). At that time, we remanded to the district court for the taking of evidence to enable us to ascertain whether the error in truncating the Rule 11 inquiry was harmless. See id. at 596-98. In the interim, we retained appellate jurisdiction. Id. at 598.

The district court…