CARTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 16645.

306 F.2d 283 (1962)

Richard B. CARTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Lippman, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court) with whom Mrs. Amy Scupi, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Paul A. Renne, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Nathan J. Paulson, and Arthur J. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, FAHY and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


BURGER, Circuit Judge.

On June 2, 1961, appellant, age 20, pleaded not guilty to a four count indictment charging housebreaking and grand larceny. On June 19, 1961, he withdrew that plea and pleaded guilty to petty larceny in violation of 22 D.C.Code Ann. § 2202, a misdemeanor for which the statute provides a maximum one year imprisonment. The record makes clear that at the time he entered the guilty plea the appellant understood the potential one-year duration...

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