UNITED STATES v. TORREZ-FLORES

No. 79-1155.

624 F.2d 776 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Javier TORREZ-FLORES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Crutchfield, Beverly Peyton (Law Student), Notre Dame, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Terry G. Harn, Asst. U. S. Atty., Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and SWYGERT and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a probation revocation raises two issues, first, whether the trial judge violated Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure when he accepted a guilty plea from defendant-appellant who was Spanish speaking and did not understand English; and second, whether the court erred in revoking defendant's probation on the basis of his misrepresentation that he had no prior convictions. Because we hold that defendant may not...

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