George A. Watts v. United States

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

On October 11th, 1955, appellant and a co-defendant, John Trilling, were indicted under three separate indictments for three unrelated housebreakings and larcenies. 1 Appellant on October 14th, represented by appointed counsel, entered a plea of not guilty. On November 15th, 1955, appellant, attended by newly appointed counsel, appeared in court, withdrew his plea and entered a plea of guilty as to the housebreaking count in each of three indictments. Three larceny counts and one housebreaking count were dismissed as to him on December 23d, and he was sentenced on that…