UNITED STATES v. DAYTON

No. 78-5271.

604 F.2d 931 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Winston Eugene DAYTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Lee Yeakel, III, Austin, Tex., for Winston Eugene Dayton.

LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for the United States.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

The records reaching us for review in appeals after guilty pleas indicate that trial courts of this circuit are in doubt about the standards we apply in reviewing such matters. We took this case en banc to pass on its merits, of course, but also as a vehicle by which to review and harmonize our holdings on the subject. This opinion, the result of that review, is meant to be a clear and definitive statement of how trial courts should conduct guilty...

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