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UNITED STATES v. HOUGHTON

No. 76-1381.

554 F.2d 1219 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas HOUGHTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Shapiro, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Silverglate, Shapiro & Gertner and Harvey A. Silverglate, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Walter B. Prince, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom James N. Gabriel, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, District Judge.

BOWNES, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury finding and judgment of guilty of distributing one ounce of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 811(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

Appellant has raised five issues which we discuss in order of importance.

The first issue is whether the district court's refusal to hold a Rule 11 hearing and accept an informed guilty plea from a former codefendant and eye witness so that he could testify deprived...

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