Emmett Thomas O'Brien v. United States

The appellant was arrested in the Southern District of New York on a charge of interstate transportation of a forged check. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2314. He was there taken before a District Judge and, being represented by counsel of his own choosing, he executed a written waiver of indictment and expressed his desire to plead guilty.

An information was filed against appellant in the Southern District of Florida, the proceeding was transferred under Rule 20, Fed.Rules Crim.Proc., 18 U.S.C. A., from the Southern District of Florida to the Southern District of New York for plea and sentence. A plea of…