Legal Opinion
Hector Bienvenido Nunez Cordero v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 16, 1976No. 75-1401PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
The sole issue in this case is whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to permit appellant to withdraw his plea of guilty before sentence was imposed.
Appellant, a 37 year old citizen of the Dominican Republic, was originally charged under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and § 846 with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. On March 11, 1975, a preliminary hearing was held in which a government agent testified that appellant had introduced him in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a potential seller, Florenzan, from the Dominican Republic; and that appellant met…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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