Legal Opinion
United States v. Cotal-Crespo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 30, 1995No. 94-1354 to 94-1356PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
The issue to be decided in this appeal is whether the district court complied with the procedural safeguards mandated by Criminal Rule 11 prior to accepting the three defendants’ guilty pleas. We conclude that the plea hearing conducted by the district court, while perhaps somewhat less than ideal, adequately met the requirements of Rule 11. We therefore affirm.
BACKGROUND
On February 17,1993, a federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicted José Ramón Cotal-Crespo, Antonio De Jesús-De Jesús and Iván Rodriguez-Bocachica, in Count I, of conspiring to possess with intent to…
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