Legal Opinion
United States v. Abelardo Elenes Gastelum
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1994No. 92-10492PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
On May 13, 1992, Abelardo Elenes Gaste-lum pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C. § 846), and one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)). Although Fed.R.Crim.Pro. 11(c)(3) requires a district court to inform a defendant of certain constitutional rights “before accepting a plea of guilty,” the court below did not inform Gastelum of those rights until after it had already accepted his guilty plea. The court tried to correct its mistake by subsequently…
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