Legal Opinion
United States v. Hobert J. Barrett, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1992No. 91-4095PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Chief Judge.
Defendant Hobert Barrett appeals his conviction by guilty plea and sentence for kidnapping. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Barrett argues that he should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea because the District Court participated in plea negotiations in violation of Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(e)(1), which forbids a district court from participating in the plea bargaining process. 1 We find that the defendant should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea because the trial judge violated this rule.
FACTS
Barrett was convicted of abducting a five-year-old girl from in front of…
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