Bruce Witherspoon v. United States

EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

Appellant Witherspoon appeals his conviction for receiving and possessing a firearm while a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(h)(1), 924(a), Appendix § 1202(a)(1) (1976). The only issue presented is whether the trial court failed to comply with Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Appellant asserts that the proceeding before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan was in effect a plea of guilty under which compliance with Rule 11 would clearly be required; the government argues that the proceeding was a trial in which the…