UNITED STATES v. McGIRR

No. 13997.

434 F.2d 844 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph James McGIRR, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Bishop, Jr., Towson, Md., and William L. Kaplan, Hyattsville, Md. (Court-appointed counsel), for appellant.

Paul M. Rosenberg, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Stephen H. Sachs, U. S. Atty., and Paul R. Kramer, Deputy U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

On June 16, 1967, Joseph James McGirr entered a plea of guilty to a charge of conspiring to violate the laws of the United States against counterfeiting. 18 U.S.C.A. § 371. Before sentencing, McGirr, acting pro se, requested permission to withdraw his guilty plea. Subsequently, his court-appointed counsel filed formal motions again requesting leave to withdraw the plea, and for permission to interpose the defense of not guilty by...

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