TRUJILLO v. UNITED STATES

No. 23850.

377 F.2d 266 (1967)

Epifanio TRUJILLO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prof. Paul Rothstein, Prof. Joel Finer, Austin, Tex., for appellant.

James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Morton L. Susman, U. S. Atty., Fred L. Hartman, Carl Walker, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, AINSWORTH and DYER, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge:

The question for determination is whether a guilty plea may be accepted in a federal district court without the defendant first being informed that conviction upon a plea of guilty to the offense for which he is charged will render him ineligible for parole. We decide that the defendant need not be advised of the unavailability of parole, and affirm the judgment.

Appellant Trujillo and co-defendant Perez were indicted on three counts...

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