GOODING v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-753.

513 A.2d 1320 (1986)

John H. GOODING, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Herbie DiFonzo, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Judith Hetherton, Darryl Jackson, L. Jackson Thomas, and Debra N. Diener, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, FERREN, and ROGERS, Associate Judges.


MACK, Associate Judge:

We are asked to review the denial, after a hearing, of appellant John Gooding's Rule 32(e) motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to kidnapping. In the trial court, appellant argued that his plea was involuntarily entered and that it was fair and just that it be withdrawn. On the record before us, we conclude that withdrawal of the plea should have been permitted as fair and just under the circumstances, and also that the plea was accepted without...

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