Legal Opinion
United States v. Joe Allen Bounds
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1991No. 89-4665PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.
A defendant who pleaded guilty in the trial court to two felony counts asks us to vacate his sentence and allow him to plead anew because the judge failed to inform him that he could be subject to a term of supervised release. We agree that the court erred. We reverse the conviction, vacate the sentence and remand to allow defendant to plead anew.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Joe Allen Bounds with various drug and firearm offenses. Bounds originally pleaded not guilty to the indictment. On the day of trial, however, Bounds announced his decision to…
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