United States First Circuit

Defendant may withdraw a guilty plea if the court fails to inform him that the only possible sentence for a person with his criminal history under the "three strikes" statute, 18 U.S.C. 3559(c)(1)(A), is life imprisonment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/07/2000
• Published 12/07/2000

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Chief Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, STAHL and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lydia Lizarribar-Masini, was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Camille Vélez-Rivé, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Guillermo A. Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.