United States v. Howard D. Brown

Appellant was convicted of forgery, uttering and interstate transportation of forged securities; he was sentenced to terms of imprisonment of ten years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently. His primary point on appeal is that the trial judge accepted his counsel’s stipulation that he had committed the acts charged in the indict*1102ment “without first addressing the defendant personally” as required by Rule 11, Fed.R.Crim.P., before accepting a plea of guilty. We hold that Rule 11 is inapplicable in this case since a plea of guilty is not involved. We find, however, that the…