United States Ninth Circuit

Court's "technical" failure to inquire about "prior discussions" before accepting defendant's guilty plea, contrary to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11, did not rise to the level of plain error.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2002
• Decided 07/22/2002
• Published 07/22/2002

Judges

• Before THOMAS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and ARMSTRONG, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Wayne Young, Santa Monica, California, for defendant-appellant Frank Jimenez-Dominguez., John S. Gordon, Ronald L. Cheng, and Daniel Saunders, Office of the United States Attorney, Los Angeles County, for plaintiff-appellee the United States of America.