Legal Opinion
Raymond S. Berry v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 28, 1969No. 17467PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The appellant pleaded guilty to the illegal sale of narcotic drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174 and was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. Under the provisions of Section 7237 of Title 26, he was not eligible for parole because of previous violations of the narcotics laws. 1 He was not advised of this ineli gibility prior to entering the plea. This case requires us to decide whether the failure to so advise him vitiates the plea.
The reception of the plea took place in 1962, before the 1966 amendments to Federal Criminal Rule 11 which…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Halliday v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Anthony Joseph Munich v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by96 opinions
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- Douglas Fruchtman v. Frank Kenton, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- State v. KovackSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- Commonwealth v. ZuberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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