UNITED STATES v. HOWARD

No. 12379.

407 F.2d 1102 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Steve Lee HOWARD, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris Dickson Lackey, Jr., Shelby, N. C. (court-appointed counsel), for appellant.

Wm. Medford, U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, BRYAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

This is a direct appeal by Steve Lee Howard from convictions entered upon his pleas of guilty to several charges of passing counterfeit bills.

The appellant contests the voluntariness of his pleas, asserting for the first time on this appeal that his plea was coerced by threats of Secret Service agents that unless he pleaded guilty his wife would be prosecuted with him for the offenses charged. He also contends that Rule 11 of the...

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