FONTAINE v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-6757.

411 U.S. 213 (1973)

FONTAINE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Umin, by appointment of the Court, 409 U.S. 1005, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Samuel Huntington argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Petersen, and Philip R. Monahan.


PER CURIAM.

On November 13, 1969, the petitioner was arraigned in a federal district court upon a charge of robbery of a federally insured bank.1 He executed a written waiver of his right to counsel and to a grand jury indictment, and pleaded guilty. Before accepting the plea, the trial judge, proceeding under Fed. Rule Crim. Proc. 11, addressed the petitioner personally. The petitioner acknowledged in substance that his plea was given...

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