UNITED STATES v. BOATRIGHT

Nos. 77-5347, 77-2675.

588 F.2d 471 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank Lee BOATRIGHT, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Rush HOWARD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Mallett, J. Patrick Wiseman, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant in No. 77-2675.

J. A. Canales, U. S. Atty., Anna E. Stool, George A. Kelt, Jr., James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 77-2675.

Robert J. Kuhn, Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellant in No. 77-5347.

Jamie C. Boyd, U. S. Atty., LeRoy Morgan Jahn, W. Ray Jahn, Ronald P. Guyer, Asst. U. S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 77-5347.

Before GEWIN, GODBOLD and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

These are direct criminal appeals which raise issues of failure of the trial court to comply with the requirements of Fed.R.Crim.P. 11 in accepting guilty pleas.

"When challenged on direct appeal, the trial court's failure to comply literally with the requirements of . . . rule [11] obliges it to give the defendant an opportunity again to plead." U. S. v. Gray, 584 F.2d 96, 96 (C.A.5, 1978)....

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