HALLIDAY v. UNITED STATES

No. 6898.

380 F.2d 270 (1967)

Russell T. HALLIDAY, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

July 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence M. Johnson, Boston, Mass., with whom John A. Canavan, Jr., and Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Herbert N. Goodwin, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Paul F. Markham, U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

The defendant in 1954, after two days of government testimony under an indictment charging kidnapping, flight to avoid confinement, and transportation of a stolen automobile, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201, 1073 and 2312, requested, through counsel, that the court accept a change of plea. The court accepted pleas of guilty forthwith without making inquiry of anyone as to the voluntariness of the pleas or of the defendant's understanding of the nature...

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