Taylor v. United States

By two separate indictments, appellant Taylor was charged with second-degree burglary, petit larceny and destruction of property, 1 and with first-degree murder and carrying a pistol without a license. 2 Appellant entered not guilty pleas to both indictments. On April 1, 1975, appellant withdrew his earlier not guilty pleas and entered guilty pleas to second-degree murder, 3 attempted burglary and destruction of property.

In return for the pleas, the government dismissed the remaining counts of the indictments and agreed not to allocute or file repeat offender papers pursuant to D.C. Code…