Legal Opinion
Robert E. Meyer v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1970No. 19678PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.
Robert E. Meyer appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division, denying, after an evi-dentiary hearing, his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to a charge of forcibly breaking into a United States Post Office at Webb City, Missouri. The grounds set forth in his motion and his assignments of error here are (1) that his plea was involuntary as a result of threats and coercion by federal agents; (2) that he signed the waiver under Rule 20 against his will; and (3) that he was inadequately represented by…
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3Cited by39 opinions
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