UNITED STATES v. VALDEZ

No. 30554.

450 F.2d 1145 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rene VALDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaya Estrumsa, Miami, Fla. (court appointed) for Roca-Alvarez.

Gino P. Negretti, Miami, Fla., for Valdez.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Neal R. Sonnett, Harold F. Keefe, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff appellee.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal the sole issue is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in denying Valdez' motion to withdraw his plea of guilty just prior to sentencing. We affirm.

On July 9, 1970, Valdez was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty to an indictment involving narcotics violations. On August 18, 1970, Valdez, through his counsel, changed his plea to guilty to one count of the indictment. He stated that he understood the charges against...

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