United States First Circuit

Where the government failed to disclose to the court that it had offered a plea to defendant's mother conditioned upon his own acceptance of a plea, the violation of Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 requires that defendant be allowed to withdraw his plea as coerced.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/23/2001
• Published 02/26/2001

Judges

• LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frank D. Inserni, by appointment of the Court, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edwin Vazquez Berrios, Criminal Division, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Chief, Criminal Division, Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.