Legal Opinion
United States v. Jack Simmons, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1974No. 177PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Jack Simmons, Jr., was indicted on fifteen counts of violating the involuntary servitude and peonage statutes. 1 On November 13, 1972, the day his case was set for trial, appellant entered a plea of guilty to two counts of the indictment. After careful questioning pursuant to Rule 11, Fed.R.Crim.P., the district court found that appellant’s plea was freely, intelligently, and voluntarily made. On April 6, 1973, when he was called forward to be sentenced, appellant, through his attorney Angus Harriett, moved to withdraw his guilty plea. 2 After a full hearing…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Sydney B. Kadwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Santos v. New York State Board of ParoleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Sam Presley, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- John Vincent Kirshberger and Reynold Dean McCarty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. Michael CarrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. John L. MorrowCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. James Buckles, A/K/A Jimmy BucklesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Paul Boyd, United States of America v. Danilo Zabala Artez A/K/A Chico Artez, United States of America v. George ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Orlando Jairo Gonzalez-MercadoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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