United States v. Raymond P. Allard

TORRES, District Judge.

This is another chapter in the continuing saga of Raymond Allard. It is presently before us on Allard’s appeal from the District Court’s denial of his motion to withdraw a plea of guilty to mail fraud on the ground that he was not informed of and did not understand the nature of the charge against him. For reasons hereinafter stated, we vacate the District Court’s order and remand for reconsideration of the defendant’s motion.

BACKGROUND

On May 27, 1986, Allard pled guilty to Count One of a three count information charging him with mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §…