Futterman v. United States. Weisfeld v. United States. Maizel v. United States

Appellants were indicted for knowingly receiving stolen goods. Each pleaded not guilty and filed a motion to suppress evidence. Later, they withdrew these pleadings and filed pleas of guilty to one of the two counts of their indictments. After the imposition of sentences and the denial of motions to reduce, appellants replaced their counsel and filed motions for leave to withdraw their pleas of guilty under Rule 32(d) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 18 U.S.C.A., “to correct manifest injustice” 1 . These motions and supporting affidavits charged in substance that: (1) appellants…