United States First Circuit

Defendant's claims of improper judicial participation in plea negotiations and erroneous refusal to permit defendant to withdraw a plea of guilty which he asserts was uninformed and involuntary was denied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/09/2004
• Published 06/09/2004

Judges

• COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Juan P. Rivera-Román, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel J. Vaccaro, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, Sonia I. Torres-Pab́on, Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson Ṕerez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.