Thomas Harris v. United States

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal from the denial of a motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S. C. § 2255, petitioner contends that Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 prohibited acceptance of his guilty plea because the trial judge did not inform him that ineligibility for parole was a statutory consequence of any sentence which could be imposed for the offense charged in the indictment. We agree.

The rule provides, in pertinent part, that the court “shall not accept [a plea of guilty] * * * without first * * * determining that the plea is made voluntarily with understanding of the nature…