UNITED STATES v. COLONNA

No. 8482.

142 F.2d 210 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. COLONNA.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Sommer, of Newark, N. J., for appellant.

Charles A. Stanziale, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Newark, N. J. (Thorn Lord, U. S. Atty., of Trenton, N. J., on the brief), for appellee.

Before JONES and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges and KALODNER, District Judge.


KALODNER, District Judge.

The issue here is:

Was there an abuse of discretion by the trial court in denying the motion of the defendant-appellant, Colonna, for leave to withdraw his pleas of guilty?

On May 11, 1943, Colonna pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Judge Meaney of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on two indictments.1 On May 19, 1943 the case was reached for trial and at that...

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