UNITED STATES v. CLARK

No. 77-5508 Summary Calendar.

574 F.2d 1357 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William B. CLARK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Clark, pro se.

Michael Lowenberg, Michael P. Lynn, Robert E. Goodfriend, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Kenneth J. Mighell, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Shirley Baccus-Lobel, William O. Wuester, III, Asst. U. S. Attys., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Rule 11, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, was amended in 1975 to clarify the procedure required to be followed when a court accepts a guilty plea from a defendant charged with the violation of a federal criminal law. The rule is mandatory, and literal compliance with its substance, not mere talismanic utterance of its words, is imperative. United States v. Lincecum, 5 Cir. 1978, 568 F.2d 1229; United States...

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