Legal Opinion
United States v. Griffiths
District Court, D. Utah
Decided October 28, 1988No. 88-CR-0008-SPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM RULING
SAM, District Judge.
This matter is before the court under advisement after the October 25,1988 hearing on the motions of defendants Randall R. Waltman, Paul E. Griffiths and David A. Morey to withdraw Alford pleas and on the motion of Griffiths and Morey to strike the government’s sentencing memorandum and factual allegations.
I. Facts
On August 22, 1988, Waltman, Griffiths and Morey were scheduled to begin trial on various counts related to insurance fraud. That day they notified the court they wanted to plead guilty to two of the mail fraud charges by entering pleas fashioned…
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